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| Jose SzapocznikSummaryAffiliation: University of Miami Country: USA Publications
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Stimulant reduction intervention using dosed exercise (STRIDE) - CTN 0037: study protocol for a randomized controlled trialMadhukar H Trivedi
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390 9119, USA
Trials 12:206. 2011..CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRY: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01141608 http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01141608?term=Stimulant+Reduction+Intervention+using+Dosed+Exercise&rank=1...
The impact of the built environment on children's school conduct grades: the role of diversity of use in a Hispanic neighborhoodJose Szapocznik
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Center for Family Studies, 1425 NW 10th Ave, Room 207, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
Am J Community Psychol 38:299-310. 2006..These findings suggest that public policy targeting the built environment may be a mechanism for community-based interventions to enhance children's classroom conduct, and potentially related sequelae...- Outpatient drug abuse treatment for Hispanic adolescentsJose Szapocznik
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 84:S54-63. 2006..Family-based approaches, which typically appear to be most efficacious with adolescents in general, may also have the greatest potential to treat drug abuse in Hispanic adolescents... - Drug abuse in African American and Hispanic adolescents: culture, development, and behaviorJose Szapocznik
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 3:77-105. 2007..However, each of these groups encompasses considerable genetic, historical, social, and cultural heterogeneity. Investigation across such diversity will yield a more complete picture of the human condition... - Negative effects on family functioning from psychosocial treatments: a recommendation for expanded safety monitoringJose Szapocznik
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Fam Psychol 21:468-78. 2007..Therefore, it is important to conduct further research to determine whether safety studies should be required for psychosocial treatments... - Structural ecosystems therapy for HIV-seropositive African American women: effects on psychological distress, family hassles, and family supportJose Szapocznik
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 72:288-303. 2004..Implications for further intervention development are discussed... - The relationship of built environment to perceived social support and psychological distress in Hispanic elders: the role of "eyes on the street"Scott C Brown
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Center for Family Studies, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1420 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, UISA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 64:234-46. 2009..A population-based study examined whether architectural features of the built environment theorized to promote observations and social interactions (e.g., porches, windows) predict Hispanic elders' psychological distress... - The relationship of neighborhood climate to perceived social support and mental health in older Hispanic immigrants in Miami, FloridaScott C Brown
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Center for Family Studies, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Ave Rm 210 B, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
J Aging Health 21:431-59. 2009..This study examines the relationship of neighborhood climate (i.e., neighborhood social environment) to perceived social support and mental health outcomes in older Hispanic immigrants... - Ecodevelopmental x intrapersonal risk: substance use and sexual behavior in Hispanic adolescentsGuillermo J Prado
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:45-61. 2009..Implications for intervention development are discussed in terms of these Hispanic adolescent subgroups... 
Adolescent and parent alliances with therapists in Brief Strategic Family Therapy with drug-using Hispanic adolescentsMichael S Robbins
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
J Marital Fam Ther 34:316-28. 2008..Clinical implications are discussed...- Equivalence of family functioning and externalizing behaviors in adolescent substance users of different race/ethnicityDaniel J Feaster
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 38:S113-24. 2010..This possibility highlights the importance of considering differing baseline characteristics of subgroups prior to assessing differential treatment effectiveness to prevent confounding... - Structural Ecosystems Therapy for HIV+ African-American women and drug abuse relapseDaniel J Feaster
Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami, FL 33136, USA
Fam Process 49:204-19. 2010..Whereas SET did not specifically address substance abuse, SET indirectly protected at-risk women from relapse through reductions in family hassles... - School, family, and peer factors and their association with substance use in Hispanic adolescentsBarbara Lopez
Miller School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, University of Miami, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Prim Prev 30:622-41. 2009.... - Do therapist cultural characteristics influence the outcome of substance abuse treatment for Spanish-speaking adults?Lourdes Suarez-Morales
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Center for Family Studies, 1425 NW 10 Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 16:199-205. 2010..These findings are discussed in the context of the results of the main effectiveness trial and of psychotherapy research with ethnic minority populations, in particular Hispanic minorities... - A randomized controlled trial of a parent-centered intervention in preventing substance use and HIV risk behaviors in Hispanic adolescentsGuillermo Prado
Center for Family Studies, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:914-26. 2007.... - The efficacy of structural ecosystems therapy with drug-abusing/dependent African American and Hispanic American adolescentsMichael S Robbins
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Family Studies, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Fam Psychol 22:51-61. 2008..However, these improvements were limited to Hispanic adolescents. The study demonstrates the importance of investigating changes in adolescent drug use as a result of treatment condition across more than 1 racial/ethnic group... - The relationship of perceived neighborhood social climate to walking in Hispanic older adults: a longitudinal, cross-lagged panel analysisScott C Brown
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Center for Family Studies, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Aging Health 23:1325-51. 2011..This study examines possible bidirectional relationships between neighborhood climate (i.e., perceived neighborhood social environment) and walking behavior across a 12-month period in older Hispanics... - Some evidence for multidimensional biculturalism: confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance analysis on the Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire-Short VersionXiaohui Guo
Center for Family Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, USA
Psychol Assess 21:22-31. 2009..Measurement invariance analyses revealed stability of the factor structure, as well as some measurement differences, between adolescents and their guardians. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)... - Religious involvement, coping, social support, and psychological distress in HIV-seropositive African American mothersGuillermo Prado
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Family Studies, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
AIDS Behav 8:221-35. 2004.... - Longitudinal relationships between cognitive functioning and depressive symptoms among Hispanic older adultsTatiana Perrino
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Room 211, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 63:P309-17. 2008..Findings suggest that cognitive declines may predict depressive symptoms in community-dwelling Hispanic older adults... - Transporting clinical research to community settings: designing and conducting a multisite trial of brief strategic family therapyMichael S Robbins
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Addict Sci Clin Pract 5:54-61. 2010..To meet these challenges, the collaborative team drew on lessons and practices from efficacy, effectiveness, and implementation research... - Familias Unidas: the efficacy of an intervention to promote parental investment in Hispanic immigrant familiesHilda Pantin
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
Prev Sci 4:189-201. 2003..The findings suggest that Familias Unidas is efficacious in promoting protection and reducing risk for adolescent problem behaviors in poor immigrant Hispanic families... - The role of family functioning in the stress process of dementia caregivers: a structural family frameworkVictoria B Mitrani
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Gerontologist 46:97-105. 2006..We theorized family functioning to partially mediate the relationship between objective burden and distress and to significantly account for the prediction of distress beyond well-recognized predictors... - Brief strategic family therapy: lessons learned in efficacy research and challenges to blending research and practiceDaniel A Santisteban
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Center for Family Studies, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Fam Process 45:259-71. 2006.... - Depressive symptoms, social support, and walking among Hispanic older adultsTatiana Perrino
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL, USA
J Aging Health 23:974-93. 2011..This study examined whether social support moderated the relationship of depressive symptoms to walking behavior among 217 community-dwelling, Hispanic older adults... - The relationship between depressive symptoms and walking among Hispanic older adults: a longitudinal, cross-lagged panel analysisTatiana Perrino
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Aging Ment Health 14:211-9. 2010..This study examines the relationship between depressive symptoms and walking behavior across 30 months in a prospective study of 217 community-dwelling, Hispanic older adults in Miami, Florida (ages 70-100 years)... - The efficacy of Structural Ecosystems Therapy for HIV medication adherence with African American womenDaniel J Feaster
Center for Family Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Fam Psychol 24:51-9. 2010..Family hassles were also significantly reduced by SET, though the effect of SET on medication adherence did not appear related to this change in family hassles... - Relational factors and family treatment engagement among low-income, HIV-positive African American mothersVictoria B Mitrani
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, USA
Fam Process 42:31-45. 2003..003) and mother's desire for involvement with family (p < .018) were differentially related to family treatment engagement in low- versus high-support families. Implications for clinical practice and future research are discussed... - Issues in designing and implementing a Spanish-language multi-site clinical trialLourdes Suarez-Morales
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Am J Addict 16:206-15. 2007..To encourage similar research, strategies are described that were developed by the study team to meet these challenges... - Therapist adherence in brief strategic family therapy for adolescent drug abusersMichael S Robbins
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 79:43-53. 2011.... - Brief strategic family therapy for adolescent drug abusers: a multi-site effectiveness studyMichael S Robbins
Center for Family Studies, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 30:269-78. 2009..This paper describes the following aspects of the study: specific aims, research design and study organization, assessment of primary and secondary outcomes, study treatments, data analysis plan, and data monitoring and safety reporting... - The prevention of HIV transmission in Hispanic adolescentsGuillermo Prado
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street HLS II 597, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 84:S43-53. 2006..Seven specific recommendations are advanced in areas that have the potential to further the field of HIV prevention for Hispanic adolescents... - [Brief strategic family therapy: an empirically-validated intervention for reducing adolescent behavior problems]Michael S Robbins
Center for Family Studies, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, USA
Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr 57:381-400. 2008..BSFT theory and interventions cover four broad domains: joining with family members and the family system, assessing problematic family interactions, creating a motivational context for change, and restructuring family interactions... - Adapting the structural family systems rating to assess the patterns of interaction in families of dementia caregiversVictoria B Mitrani
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 N W 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Gerontologist 45:445-55. 2005..This article presents the development of the SFSR-Dementia Caregiver adaptation (SFSR-DC) and examines relationships between specific family-interaction patterns and caregiver distress... - Implementing rapid HIV testing with or without risk-reduction counseling in drug treatment centers: results of a randomized trialLisa R Metsch
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Am J Public Health 102:1160-7. 2012..We examined the effectiveness of risk reduction counseling and the role of on-site HIV testing in drug treatment... - Brief strategic family therapy versus treatment as usual: results of a multisite randomized trial for substance using adolescentsMichael S Robbins
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 79:713-27. 2011..To determine the effectiveness of brief strategic family therapy (BSFT; an evidence-based family therapy) compared to treatment as usual (TAU) as provided in community-based adolescent outpatient drug abuse programs... - Ecodevelopmental HIV prevention programs for Hispanic adolescentsHilda Pantin
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Am J Orthopsychiatry 74:545-58. 2004..Principles for designing prevention programs to offset these risks are offered on the basis of an ecodevelopmental HIV prevention program that has been developed and is currently being tested... - The impact of family functioning on family racial socialization processesMichael S Robbins
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Family Studies, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 13:313-20. 2007..Research and clinical implications are discussed... - Built environment and physical functioning in Hispanic elders: the role of "eyes on the street"Scott C Brown
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Center for Family Studies, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
Environ Health Perspect 116:1300-7. 2008..Research on neighborhood effects increasingly includes the influences of the built environment on health and social well-being... - A program of research with Hispanic and African American families: three decades of intervention development and testing influenced by the changing cultural context of MiamiJoan A Muir
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33136, USA
J Marital Fam Ther 30:285-303. 2004..Future directions and challenges for working with poor, inner-city minority families are addressed... - Partnerships for the design, conduct, and analysis of effectiveness, and implementation research: experiences of the prevention science and methodology groupC Hendricks Brown
Prevention Science Methodology Group, Center for Family Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Third Floor, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 39:301-16. 2012..We draw on social networks to studying partnership formation and function. The experience of the Prevention Science and Methodology Group, which itself is a networked partnership between scientists and methodologists, is highlighted... - Rethinking the concept of acculturation: implications for theory and researchSeth J Schwartz
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Am Psychol 65:237-51. 2010..The new perspective on acculturation presented in this article is intended to yield a fuller understanding of complex acculturation processes and their relationships to contextual and individual functioning... - Statistical issues in multisite effectiveness trials: the case of brief strategic family therapy for adolescent drug abuse treatmentDaniel J Feaster
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, USA
Clin Trials 1:428-39. 2004..Details of these effects and their implications for the statistical design are presented... - Addressing the challenges and opportunities for today's youth: toward an integrative model and its implications for research and interventionSeth J Schwartz
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Prim Prev 28:117-44. 2007.... - Bridging the research-practice gap in adolescent substance abuse treatment: the case of brief strategic family therapyMichael S Robbins
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 23:123-32. 2002..In particular, this discussion explores how 3 critical aspects of community treatment programs--program philosophy, program structure, and cost/funding--influence the blending of BSFT into community treatment practice... - Efficacy of brief strategic family therapy in modifying Hispanic adolescent behavior problems and substance useDaniel A Santisteban
Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
J Fam Psychol 17:121-33. 2003..These results extend prior findings on the efficacy of family interventions to a difficult to treat Hispanic adolescent sample... - Validation of the acculturative stress inventory for childrenLourdes Suarez-Morales
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 13:216-24. 2007..In addition, sufficient estimates of convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity were obtained. Implications for future research of acculturative stress in children involving the ASIC are discussed... - Concordance among biological, interview, and self-report measures of drug use among African American and Hispanic adolescents referred for drug abuse treatmentFrank R Dillon
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Family Studies, School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 19:404-13. 2005..Implications for future use and refinement of adolescent drug use assessments are discussed... - The effect of a family therapy and technology-based intervention on caregiver depressionCarl Eisdorfer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1695 N W 9th Avenue, Suite 3204, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Gerontologist 43:521-31. 2003.... - Substance use and sexual behavior among recent Hispanic immigrant adolescents: effects of parent-adolescent differential acculturation and communicationSeth J Schwartz
University of Miami, Epidemiology and Public Health, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, 1425 N W 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 125:S26-34. 2012..We used an expanded, multidimensional model of acculturation... - Beyond acculturation: an investigation of the relationship of familism and parenting to behavior problems in Hispanic youthDaniel A Santisteban
Center of Excellence in Health Disparities Research, School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Miami, FL 33124, USA
Fam Process 51:470-82. 2012..The findings are discussed in the context of existing research and clinical developments in the treatment of Hispanic adolescents and families... - Cultural differences in adolescent drug abuseViviana E Horigian
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Room 215, FL 33136, USA
Adolesc Med Clin 17:469-98. 2006..Finally, we present the treatment and model programs of prevention that were tested specifically with ethnic groups ranked by the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs... - Ethnic differences in comorbidity among substance-abusing adolescents referred to outpatient therapyMichael S Robbins
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33136, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 41:394-401. 2002..Among Hispanic youths in particular, treatments must address constellations of problem behaviors that appear to co-occur and likely represent the child's entrenchment in a deviant subculture... - Enrolling and retaining mothers of substance-exposed infants in drug abuse treatmentGayle A Dakof
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33136, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 71:764-72. 2003..The Engaging Moms Program has considerable promise in facilitating treatment entry and short-term retention, but it did not influence long-term retention... - Multilevel models to identify contextual effects on individual group member outcomes: a family exampleDaniel Feaster
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1120 NW 14th St 1059, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Fam Process 50:167-83. 2011..Example data include measures of hassles and coping adequacy of inner city, poor, African American new mothers, and their family members...
Research Grants
- Hispanics, built environment & metabolic syndromeJose Szapocznik; Fiscal Year: 2007..Variables in the primary analyses will be continuously distributed. Growth curves will be estimated using growth curve methodology in a structural equations framework using Mplus 3. ..
- Built Environment & Hispanic Elders' HealthJose Szapocznik; Fiscal Year: 2007..The impact of time-varying built environment changes on health outcomes will be estimated using both time-varying covariates in the latent growth curve framework and autoregressive models. ..
- FLORIDA NODE OF THE DRUG ABUSE CLINICAL TRIALS NETWORKJose Szapocznik; Fiscal Year: 2007..A concept, ideally suited for the CTN, proposes to test two strategies in the dissemination of an efficacious HIV intervention. ..
- FLORIDA NODE OF THE DRUG ABUSE CLINICAL TRIALS NETWORKJose Szapocznik; Fiscal Year: 2007..A concept, ideally suited for the CTN, proposes to test two strategies in the disseminationof an efficacious HIV intervention. ..
- Hispanics, built environment & metabolic syndromeJose Szapocznik; Fiscal Year: 2009..Variables in the primary analyses will be continuously distributed. Growth curves will be estimated using growth curve methodology in a structural equations framework using Mplus 3. ..
- Hispanics, built environment & metabolic syndromeJose Szapocznik; Fiscal Year: 2010..Variables in the primary analyses will be continuously distributed. Growth curves will be estimated using growth curve methodology in a structural equations framework using Mplus 3. ..
- Families Preventing HIV in Hispanic AdolescentsJose Szapocznik; Fiscal Year: 2004..HLM will be used for growth curve analysis of the three conditions over the 5 time points (Baseline, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months post baseline). ..
- BUILT ENVIRONMENT & HISPANIC ELDERS' BEHAVIORAL HEALTHJose Szapocznik; Fiscal Year: 2004..Findings will be disseminated at three conferences focusing on the project in addition to submitting technical papers to be presented at professional meetings and to refereed journals. ..
- Hispanics, built environment & metabolic syndromeJose Szapocznik; Fiscal Year: 2009..Variables in the primary analyses will be continuously distributed. Growth curves will be estimated using growth curve methodology in a structural equations framework using Mplus 3. ..
- CLINICAL PROCESSES IN DRUG ABUSE PREVENTIONJ Coatsworth; Fiscal Year: 2003..Microsequential analyses will be used to elucidate the immediate (speech act level) relationships between in-session clinician interventions and participant behaviors. ..