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Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2617-8723
AccessType
Open Access Dissertation
Document Type
dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
School Psychology
Year Degree Awarded
2019
Month Degree Awarded
May
First Advisor
Sara Whitcomb
Subject Categories
School Psychology
Abstract
Cultural adaptation is a mechanism used to increase the congruency of evidence-based interventions when delivered to a specific ethnic-cultural group. While initially conceptualized in response to the lack of support of evidence-based treatments with ethnic minorities, research identifying unique risk and protective factors for minority groups, as well as poor participant engagement and a lower utilization of mental health services as compared to Caucasian youth, provide additional support for the cultural adaptation of interventions. This study compared the results of a school-based social emotional curriculum culturally adapted for African American youth to a non-adapted intervention. The study analyzed participants’ overall internalizing symptoms, social-emotional knowledge, engagement, and social acceptability of the intervention.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/14187727
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Courteney, "Increasing the Effectiveness of a Social Emotional Learning Program Through Cultural Adaptation for African American Students’ Internalizing Symptoms" (2019). Doctoral Dissertations. 1603.
https://doi.org/10.7275/14187727
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/1603