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A Meta-Analysis of Cultural Adaptations of Psychological Interventions

Hall, Gordon C. Nagayama, Ibaraki, Alicia Yee, Huang, Ellen R., Marti, C. Nathan, Stice, Eric·2016·Behavior Therapy

Abstract

Forehand and Kotchick (1996) issued a wake-up call to the field to develop culturally responsive interventions. Since that time, 11 meta-analyses on culturally adapted interventions have been conducted. To reconcile the differences of the previous meta- analyses, a new meta-analysis was conducted that included 13,998 participants, 95% of whom were non-European American, in 78 studies evaluating culturally adapted interventions with psychopathology outcomes. Using a random effects multilevel regression model, the overall effect size (g = 0.67, p < .001) favored the effectiveness of culturally adapted interventions over other conditions (no intervention, other interventions). There was a medium effect size favoring the effectiveness of culturally adapted interventions over unadapted versions of the same intervention (g = .52). The overall effect size was moderated by whether the study involved treatment (g = .76) vs. prevention (g = .25, p = .03) and whether the study involved specific measures of mood or anxiety symptoms (g = .76) vs. general measures of psychopathology (g = .48, p = .02). Culturally adapted interventions had 4.68 times greater odds than other conditions to produce remission from psychopathology (p < .001) in 16 studies that reported remission. There were greater effects in no intervention control designs (marginal odds ratio = 9.80) than in manualized intervention (marginal odds ratio = 3.47, p = .03) or another active, nonmanualized intervention (marginal odds ratio = 3.38, p = .04) comparison designs in remission studies. Research has yet to adequately investigate whether culturally adapted or unadapted interventions impact culture-specific psychopathology. These findings indicate a continuing need for rigor in the conceptualization and measurement of culture- specific psychopathology and in developing culturally responsive interventions.

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Authors
Hall, G. C. N., Ibaraki, A. Y., Huang, E. R., Marti, C. N., & Stice, E.
Affiliations
  • University of Oregon (US)
  • Oregon Research Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Hall, Gordon C. Nagayama
Venue
Behavior Therapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-11
Volume
47
Issue
6
Pages
993-1014
ISSN
0005-7894 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2523975554
Cited by
598
References
122
Citations by year
2026: 82 · 2025: 82 · 2024: 95 · 2023: 84 · 2022: 62 · 2021: 66 · 2020: 55 · 2019: 33 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 1
FWCI
3.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Behavior Therapy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Cultural Competency in Health Care
Keywords
culturally tailored interventions, cultural responsiveness, psychopathology, treatment effectiveness, prevention, remission, mood symptoms, anxiety symptoms
MeSH terms
Mental Disorders, Culture, Ethnicity, Humans, Psychotherapy

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