Compared to White/Anglo Mothers Latina Mother’s Whose Children Are Entering Psychotherapy View Their Children As Less Difficult and Anticipate a Better Therapeutic Alliance

Poster Session IX

Saturday May 24, 2025 (16:00 - 17:00 ET)
Keyword: Other

Abstract: Based on the values of familismo and personalismo we hypothesized Latina mothers would anticipate a stronger psychotherapeutic alliance, report higher parenting efficacy and lower perceived child difficulty.   In a sample of 63 White and  26 Latina mothers we found support for our hypotheses about alliance and difficulty, but not self-efficacy.