Parent Reports of Youths' Internalizing Symptoms Partially Mediates the Relationship between Externalizing Caregiver Strain and Parent-Youth Agreement on Internalizing Treatment Goals in a Culturally Diverse Sample

This study examines if parent reports of youths’ symptomatology mediates the relationship between caregiver strain (CS) and parent-youth (PY) agreement on treatment goals in a diverse, outpatient service-using sample. Parent reports of youth internalizing symptomatology partially mediates the relationship between externalized CS and PY agreement on internalizing treatment goals.