Ch. 17 Research

Question 1

brief strategic family therapy (BSFT)

Answer 1

a short-term (approximately 12 sessions) family treatment model developed for youth with behavioral problems such as drug use, sexual risk behaviors, and delinquent behaviors

Question 2

dissemination

Answer 2

how intervention material is distributed to a target audience (e.g., practitioners)

Question 3

implementation

Answer 3

how evidence-based interventions are integrated within a specific setting.

Question 4

National Research Act

Answer 4

Public Law 94-348, the federal government’s response to unethical research practices on human subjects that had been conducted prior to the mid-1970s. The National Research Act set up regulations gov-erning human research, including the establishment of institutional review boards (IRBs).

Question 5

offset effect

Answer 5

the phenomenon in which people reduce their use of health care following some type of therapy, such as individual, marital, family, or another behavioral health intervention.

Question 6

one-person family therapy (OPFT)

Answer 6

strategic family therapy offered to any person who comes to therapy in order to help that person make changes in the family system.

Question 7

structural ecosystems therapy

Answer 7

an ecological extension of brief strategic family therapy to address the need for extrafamilial as well as within-family intervention with Hispanic and African American adolescents