title: The contribution of the therapist's competence in the treatment of adolescents with generalized social phobia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this study was to explore which of the outcomes attained by the application of the psychological program Intervenci&oacute;n en Adolescentes con Fobia Social (Intervention in Adolescents with Social Phobia) can be attributed to the therapist's competence.
  
  
  METHODS
  The experimental study consists of three conditions: Waiting list control, Group treated by expert psychologists, and Group treated by inexperienced psychologists, with a sample of 110 Spanish adolescents whose mean age was 15.42 years (SD = 0.97, range: 14-18). All participants met the criteria for diagnosis of Generalized Social Phobia) and most of them were female (65.45%).
  
  
  RESULTS
  (i) The effect size attributable to the therapist was low compared to the effect size associated with the manual-based treatment program in the dependent variables measured, and (ii) Expert therapists attained a much greater remission of the criteria for the diagnosis of Generalized Social Phobia among participants than did the inexperienced therapists.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The IAFS Program was responsible for most of the change measured in participants.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Murcia.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olivares
authors.forename: Pablo J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Olivares-Olivares
authors.forename: Ana I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Rosa-Alcázar
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Montesinos
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Macià
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy