title: Racial matching and adolescent self-disclosure of substance use and mental health symptoms.
abstract: Obtaining accurate assessment data from adolescents in treatment aids clinical decision making and facilitates more accurate outcome evaluations. However, findings could be biased due to underreported substance use and mental health symptoms. This article compares self-reports of youth in non-White matched client-assessor dyads and those in nonmatched dyads. There were no differences on self-reported substance use, but matched youth reported significantly fewer attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms versus the comparison group. One possible reason for these findings is the effect of in-group stereotype threat. Future studies should examine the potential effect that in-group stereotyping and perceived racism have on the therapeutic relationship.
authors.affiliation: a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Ureche
authors.affiliation: a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois.
authors.forename: Douglas C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois.
authors.forename: Jordan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois.
authors.forename: Karen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Tabb
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000208:ethnology*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D057566:Self Report; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*; D014342:Truth Disclosure
keywords: Psychological assessment; ethnic minorities; racial matching; stereotype threat; substance use disorder