Table 1.
Descriptives for All Study Variables.
| Variable | M (SD) or % | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographics | ||
| Youth age | 13.6 (2.0) | 11 – 18 |
| Youth male gender | 62.7% | |
| Youth racial/ethnic minority status | 54.4% | |
| Family income | ||
| < 15K | 28.7% | |
| 15K – 30K | 23.2% | |
| 30K – 45K | 15.9% | |
| > 45K | 32.3% | |
| Initial Clinician-Assigned Diagnoses | ||
| Externalizing Disorder | 48.5% | |
| Mood Disorder | 47.3% | |
| Anxiety Disorder | 11.2% | |
| Youth Clinical Functioning at Intake | ||
| CBCL – Total T-score | 67.4 (9.5) | 41 – 88 |
| YSR – Total T-score | 57.1 (13.5) | 24 – 95 |
| VFI Total – Parent | 30.5 (17.1) | 0 – 71.4 |
| VFI Total – Youth | 22.2 (18.2) | 0 – 93.3 |
| Parent/Family Characteristics at Intake | ||
| FRI Total – Parent | 6.5 (5.0) | −6.0 – 16.7 |
| FRI Total – Youth | 5.9 (4.6) | −4.7 – 16.0 |
| CESD Total – Parent | 20.4 (13.0) | 0.0 – 50.0 |
| CSQ Mean Item Score – Parent | 2.9 (0.8) | 1.1 – 4.8 |
| Therapist Discipline | ||
| Marital and Family Therapy | 43.8% | |
| Psychology | 10.1% | |
| Psychiatry | 24.9% | |
| Social Work | 21.3% | |
| Therapist Orientation | ||
| Family Systems | 36.1% | |
| Behavioral/Cognitive-Behavioral | 15.4% | |
| Other | 48.5% | |
| Therapist Years of Experience | 5.9 (5.4) | 0.6 – 34 |
| Goal Agreement | ||
| Parent-youth agree on > 1 goal | 63.9% | |
| Parent-clinician agree on > 1 goal | 70.4% | |
| Clinician-youth agree on > 1 goal | 62.1% | |
| Positive Treatment Expectations | ||
| Parent | 3.53 (0.5) | 2 – 4 |
| Youth | 3.32 (0.6) | 1.5 – 4.0 |
| Outpatient counseling in past 3 months | 91.1% | |
| Number of visits at 6-month follow-up | 13.8 (9.4) | 0 – 46 |
Note: The sample size for each variable is between 164 and 169, with the exception of the CBCL (n = 144) and the YSR (n = 140), which have missing data due to administrative error. CBCL = Child Behavior Checklist (clinical cutoff = 64; Achenbach, 1991a); YSR = Youth Self-Report (clinical cutoff = 64; Achenbach, 1991b); VFI = Vanderbilt Functional Impairment Scale (no clinical cutoff available); FRI = Family Relationship Inventory (suggested clinical cutoff = 9; Edwards & Clarke, 2005); CESD = Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale (clinical cutoff = 16; Radloff, 1977); CSQ = Caregiver Strain Questionnaire (no clinical cutoff available). “Other” theoretical orientation includes Psychodynamic (16.6%) and Eclectic (32.0%) orientations that were collapsed for the analyses.