Refereed Journal Articles
In-Press
Dakof, G. A., Gillikin, C., Henderson, C., Li, H., Lederman, C., Larrea, M., Rowe, C., & Liddle, H. A. (submitted for publication). Psychosocial functioning, juvenile justice involvement and race.
Liddle, H. A. (in press). Family based therapy for drug using adolescent offenders: Multidimensional Family Therapy in the CJ DATS Detention to Community RCT. NIDA Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (formerly, Science & Practice Perspectives).
Liddle, H. A., Dakof, G. A., Henderson, C. E., & Rowe, C. L. (in press). Implementation outcomes of a comprehensive, cross-context, family-based community reintegration therapy for drug-using juvenile detainees. Journal of Experimental Criminology.
Rowe, C. L., Wang, W., Greenbaum, P., & Liddle, H. A. (in press). Predicting HIV/STD risk level and substance use disorders among incarcerated adolescents. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.
2009
Henderson, C. E., Rowe, C. L., Dakof, G. A., Hawes, S. W., & Liddle, H. A. (2009). Parenting practices as mediators of treatment effects in an early-intervention trial of Multidimensional Family Therapy. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.
Hogue, A., & Liddle, H. A. (2009). Family-based treatment for adolescent substance abuse: Controlled trials and new horizons in services research. Journal of Family Therapy, 31, 126-154.
Liddle, H. A., Rowe, C. L., Dakof, G. A., Henderson, C., & Greenbaum, P. (2009). Multidimensional Family Therapy for early adolescent substance Abusers: Twelve month outcomes of a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77(1), 12-25.
Marvel F. A., Rowe, C. R., Colon, L. DiClemente, R., & Liddle, H. A. (2009). Multidimensional Family Therapy HIV/ STD Risk-Reduction Intervention: An integrative family-based model for drug-involved juvenile offenders. Family Process, 48, 69-83.
2008
Hogue, A., Dauber, S., Chinchilla, P., Fried, A., Henderson, C., Inclan, J., Reiner, R. H. & Liddle, H. A. (2008). Assessing fidelity in individual and family therapy for adolescent substance abuse. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 35, 137-147.
Hogue, A., Henderson, C., Dauber, S., Barajas, P., Fried, A. & Liddle, H. A. (2008). Treatment adherence, competence, and outcome in individual and family therapy for adolescent behavior problems. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76(4), 544-555.
Liddle, H. A., Dakof, G. A., Turner, R. M., Henderson, C. E., & Greenbaum, P. E. (2008). Treating adolescent drug abuse: A Randomized trial comparing Multidimensional Family Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Addiction, 103, 1660-1670.
Rowe, C. L., & Liddle, H. A. (2008). Multidimensional Family Therapy for adolescent alcohol abusers. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 26(1), 105-123.
Rowe, C. L., & Liddle, H. A. (2008). When the levee breaks: Adolescents and families in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 34(2), 132-148.
2007
Rodriguez, R. A., Henderson, C. E., Rowe, C. L., Burnett, K. F., Dakof, G. A., & Liddle H. A. (2007). Acculturation and drug use among dually diagnosed Hispanic adolescents. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 6(2), 97-113.
2006
Annunziata, D., Hogue, A., Faw, L., & Liddle, H. A. (2006). Family functioning and school success in at-risk, inner-city adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35, 105-113.
Diamond, G. S., Liddle, H. A., Wintersteen, M. B., Creed, T. A., Dennis, M. L., Godley, S. H., & Tims, F. M. (2006). Early therapeutic alliance as a predictor of treatment outcome for adolescent cannabis users in outpatient treatment. American Journal on Addictions, 15, 26-33.
Hogue, A., Dauber, S., Faw, L., Ceccro, J. J., & Liddle, H. A. (2006). Early therapeutic alliance and treatment outcome in individual and family therapy for adolescent behavior problems. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74(1), 121-129.
Hogue, A, Dauber, S., Samuolis, J, & Liddle, H. A. (2006). Treatment techniques and outcomes in multidimensional family therapy for adolescent behavior problems. Journal of Family Psychology, 20(4), 535-543.
Henderson, C. E., Dakof, G. A., Schwartz, S. J., & Liddle, H. A. (2006). Family functioning, self-concept, and severity of adolescent externalizing problems. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 15, 721-731.
Henderson, C. E., Liddle, H. A., & Marvel, F. A. (2006). Adolescent drug abuse: Mechanisms and school outcomes associated with Multidimensional Family Therapy. The Family Psychologist, 21(4), 10-13.
Liddle, H. A., Rowe, C.L., Gonzalez, A., Henderson, C.E., Dakof, G.A., & Greenbaum, P.E. (2006). Changing provider practices, program environment, and improving outcomes by transporting multidimensional family therapy to an adolescent drug treatment setting. American Journal on Addictions, 15, 102-112.
Liddle, H. A., Jackson-Gilfort, A., & Marvel, F. (2006). An empirically-supported and culturally specific engagement and intervention strategy for African-American adolescent males. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(2), 215-225.
Robbins, M. S., Liddle, H. A., Turner, C. W., Dakof, G. A., Alexander, J. F., & Kogan, S. M. (2006). Adolescent and parent therapeutic alliances as predictors of dropout in Multidimensional Family Therapy. Journal of Family Psychology, 20(1), 108-116.
Rowe, C. L., & Liddle, H. A. (2006). CJ-DATS project spotlight: Facilitating adolescent offenders' reintegration from juvenile Detention to Community (DTC). Offender Substance Abuse Report, VI(3), 33, 34, 42-45.
Rowe, C. L. & Liddle, H. A. (2006). Family-based treatment development for adolescent alcohol abuse. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, Special Issue on Adolescence and Health, 18(1), 43-51.
2005
Faw, L., Hogue, A., & Liddle, H. A. (2005). Multidimensional implementation evaluation of a residential treatment program for adolescent substance abuse. American Journal of Evaluation, 26(1), 77-93.
Faw, L., Hogue, A., Johnson, S., Diamond, G. M., & Liddle, H. A. (2005). The Adolescent Therapeutic Alliance Scale: Development, initial psychometrics, and prediction of outcome in family-based substance abuse prevention counseling. Psychotherapy Research, 15(1-2), 141-154.
Hogue, A., Liddle, H. A., Singer, A., & Leckrone, J. (2005). Intervention fidelity in family-based prevention counseling for adolescent problem behaviors. Journal of Community Psychology, 33(2), 191-211.
Samuolis, J., Hogue, A., Dauber, S., & Liddle, H. A. (2005). Autonomy and relatedness in inner-city families of substance abusing adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 15(2), 53-86.
Shelef, K., Diamond, G. M., Diamond, G. S., & Liddle, H. A. (2005). Adolescent and parent alliance and treatment outcome in Multidimensional Family Therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73(4), 689-698.
Zavala, S. K., French, M. T., Henderson, C. E., Alberga, L., Rowe, C. L., & Liddle, H. A. (2005). Guidelines and challenges for estimating the economic costs and benefits of adolescent substance abuse treatments. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 29, 191-205.
2004
Dennis, M., Godley, S. H., Diamond, G., Tims, F. M., Babor, T., Donaldson, J., Liddle, H. A., Titus, J.C., Kaminer, Y., Webb, C., Hamilton, N., & Funk, R. (2004). Main findings of the Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) randomized field experiment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 27(3), 197-213.
Hogue, A., Liddle, H. A., Dauber, S., & Samuolis, J. (2004). Linking session focus to treatment outcome in evidence-based treatments for adolescent substance abuse. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, & Training, 41(2), 83-96.
Liddle, H. A. (2004). Family-based therapies for adolescent alcohol and drug use: Research contributions and future research needs. Addiction, 99(s2), 76-92.
Liddle, H. A., Rowe, C. L., Ungaro, R. A., Dakof, G. A., & Henderson, C. (2004). Early intervention for adolescent substance abuse: Pretreatment to posttreatment outcomes of a randomized controlled trial comparing multidimensional family therapy and peer group treatment. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 36(1), 2-37.
Rowe, C. L., Liddle, H. A., Caruso, J., & Dakof, G. A. (2004). Clinical variations of adolescent substance abuse: An empirically based typology. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 14(2), 19-20.
Rowe, C. L, Liddle, H. A., Greenbaum, P. E., & Henderson C. E. (2004). Impact of psychiatric comorbidity on treatment of adolescent drug abusers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 26, 129-140.
2003
French, M. T., Roebuck, M. C., Dennis, M., Godley, S., Liddle, H. A., & Tims, F. (2003). Outpatient marijuana treatment for adolescents: Economic evaluation of a multisite field experiment. Evaluation Review, 27, 421-459.
Rowe, C. L. & Liddle, H. A. (2003). Substance abuse. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 29, 97-120.
2002
Becker, D., Hogue, A., & Liddle, H. A. (2002). Methods of engagement in family-based preventive intervention. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 19(2), 163-179.
Dennis, M. L., Titus, J. C., Diamond, G., Donaldson, J., Godley, S. H., Tims, F., Webb, C., Kaminer, Y., Babor, T., French, M., Godley, M. D., Hamilton, N., Liddle, H. A., & Scott, C. (2002). The Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) experiment: Rationale, study design and analysis plans. Addiction, 97(Suppl. 1), 16-34.
Diamond, G., Godley, S., Liddle, H. A., Sampl, S., Webb, C. Tims, F., & Meyers, R. (2002). Five outpatient treatment models for adolescent marijuana use: A description of the Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) interventions. Addiction, 97(Suppl. 1), 70-83.
Hogue, A., Liddle, H. A., Becker, D., & Johnson-Leckrone, J. (2002). Family-based prevention counseling for high-risk young adolescents: Immediate outcomes. Journal of Community Psychology, 30(1), 1-22.
Liddle, H. A. (2002). Advances in family-based therapy for adolescent substance abuse: Findings from the Multidimensional family therapy research program. In L. S. Harris (Ed.), Problems of drug dependence 2001: Proceedings of the 63rd annual scientific meeting (NIDA Research Monograph No. 182, pp. 113-115). Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Liddle, H. A. & Dakof, G.A. (2002). A randomized controlled trial of intensive outpatient, family based therapy vs. residential drug treatment for co-morbid adolescent drug abusers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 66,S2-S202 (#385),S103.
Liddle, H. A., Rowe, C. L., Quille, T. J., Dakof, G. A., Mills, D. S., Sakran, E., & Biaggi, H. (2002). Transporting a research-based adolescent drug treatment into practice. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 22, 231-243.
Liddle, H. A. & Schwartz, S. J. (2002). Attachment and family therapy: Clinical utility of adolescent-family attachment research. Family Process, 41(3), 455-476.
Zhao, M., & Liddle, H. A. (2002). Contemporary family therapy for adolescent substance abuse: Multidimensional family therapy. Chinese Journal of Drug Dependence, 4, 150-153.
2001
Becker, D. & Liddle, H. A. (2001). Family therapy with unmarried African American mothers and their adolescents. Family Process, 40, 413-427.
Dakof, G. A., Tejeda, M., & Liddle, H. A. (2001). Predictors of engagement in adolescent drug abuse treatment. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40(3), 274-281.
Jackson-Gilfort, A., Liddle, H. A., Tejeda, M. J., & Dakof, G. A., (2001). Facilitating engagement of African American male adolescents in family therapy: A cultural theme process study. Journal of Black Psychology, 27(3), 321-340.
Liddle, H. A., Dakof, G. A., Parker, K., Diamond, G. S., Barrett, K., & Tejeda, M. (2001). Multidimensional family therapy for adolescent drug abuse: Results of a randomized clinical trial. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 27(4), 651-688.
Rowe, C. L., Liddle, H. A., & Dakof, G. A. (2001). Classifying clinically referred adolescent substance abusers by level of externalizing and internalizing symptoms. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 11(2), 41-65.
Schwartz, S. J., & Liddle, H. A. (2001). The transmission of psychopathology from parents to offspring: Development and treatment in context. Family Relations, 50(4), 301-307.
1996-2000
Dakof, G. A. (2000). Understanding gender differences in adolescent drug abuse: Issues of comorbidity and family functioning. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 32, 25-32.
Diamond, G. M., Diamond, G. S., & Liddle, H. A. (2000). The therapist-parent alliance in family-based therapy for adolescents. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 56(8), 1037-1050.
Liddle, H. A. & Hogue, A. (2000). A family-based, developmental-ecological preventive intervention for high-risk adolescents. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 26(3), 265-279.
Liddle, H. A., Rowe, C., Diamond, G. M., Sessa, F. M., Schmidt, S., & Ettinger, D. (2000). Towards a developmental family therapy: The clinical utility of research on adolescence. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 26(4), 485-499.
Liddle, H. A. & Rowe, C. L. (2000). Multidimensional family therapy for adolescent substance abuse. (Special Issue)The Addictions Newsletter, 7(2), 10-23.
Ozechowski, T. J. & Liddle, H. A. (2000). Family-based therapy for adolescent drug abuse: Knowns and unknowns. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 3(4), 269-298.
Rowe, C. L., & Liddle, H. A. (2000). Using process research to inform family therapy practice with drug abusing youth: Alliance building interventions. The Academy of Family Psychology Newsletter, 3(1), 5-6.
Diamond, G. S. & Liddle, H. A. (1999). Transforming negative parent-adolescent interactions: From impasse to dialogue. Family Process, 38(1), 5-26.
Diamond, G. M., Liddle, H. A., Hogue, A., & Dakof, G. A. (1999). Alliance-building interventions with adolescents in family therapy: A process study. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, & Training, 36(4), 355-368.
Hogue, A., Johnson-Leckrone, J., & Liddle, H. A. (1999). Recruiting high-risk families into family-based prevention and prevention research. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 21(4), 337-351.
Hogue, A. & Liddle, H. A. (1999). Family-based preventive intervention: An approach to preventing substance use and antisocial behavior. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 69(3), 275-293.
Jackson-Gilfort, A. & Liddle H. A. (1999). Culturally specific interventions for African American adolescents. The Family Psychologist, 15, 6 & 12.
Liddle, H. A. (1999). Progress report of a research program on adolescent drug abuse treatment. American family Therapy Academy Newsletter (Summer issue).
Liddle, H. A. (1999). Theory development in a family-based therapy for adolescent drug abuse. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 28(4), 521-532.
Diamond, G. M. & Liddle, H A. (1998). Improving an initially poor therapist adolescent therapeutic alliance: A process study. The Family Psychologist, 14, 5-9.
Hogue, A., Liddle, H. A., Rowe, C., Turner, R. M., Dakof, G. A., & LaPann, K. (1998). Treatment adherence and differentiation in individual versus family therapy for adolescent substance abuse. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 45(1), 104-114.
Liddle, H. A., Rowe, C., Dakof, G., & Lyke, J. (1998). Translating parenting research into clinical interventions for families of adolescents [Special Issue]. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 3(3), 419-443.
Banks, R., Hogue, A., Timberlake, T., & Liddle, H. A. (1996). An Afrocentric approach to group social skills training with inner-city African-American adolescents. Journal of Negro Education, 65(4), 414-423.
Dakof, G. A. (1996). Meaning and measurement of family. Journal of Family Psychology, 10, 142-146.
Diamond, G. & Liddle, H. (1996). Resolving a therapeutic impasse between parents and adolescents in Multidimensional Family Therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64(3), 481-488.
Hogue A., Liddle, H. A., & Rowe, C. (1996). Treatment adherence process research in family therapy: A rationale and some practical guidelines. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, & Training, 33(2), 332-345.
Liddle, H. A. (1996). Family-based treatment for adolescent problem behaviors: Overview of contemporary developments and introduction to the special section. Journal of Family Psychology, 10(1), 3-11.
Schmidt, S. E., Liddle, H. A., & Dakof, G. A. (1996). Changes in parenting practices and adolescent drug abuse during Multidimensional Family Therapy. Journal of Family Psychology, 10(1), 12-27.
1991-1995
Becker, D., Liddle, H. A., & Diamond, G. M. (1995). Treating troubled adolescents: Multidimensional family therapy marks a new breed of interventions. Employee Assistance, 8, 22-28.
Liddle, H. A. (1995). Conceptual and clinical dimensions of a multidimensional, multisystems engagement strategy in family-based adolescent treatment. [Special issue on Adolescent Psychotherapy]. Psychotherapy, 32(1), 39-58.
Liddle, H. A. & Dakof, G. A. (1995). Efficacy of family therapy for drug abuse: Promising but not definitive. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 21(4), 511-543.
Liddle, H. A. (1994). The anatomy of emotions in family therapy with adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Research, 9, 120-157.
Coyne, J.C. & Liddle, H. A. (1992). The future of systems therapy: Shedding myths and facing opportunities. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 29(1), 44-50.
Liddle, H. A. (1992). Editor's introduction: The diversity of contemporary family psychology. Journal of Family Psychology, 5, 245-248.
Liddle, H. A. (1992). Family psychology: Progress and prospects of a maturing discipline. Journal of Family Psychology, 5, 249-236.
Liddle, H. A. (1991). Empirical values and the culture of family therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 17(4), 327-348.
Liddle, H. A., & Diamond, G. (1991). Special problems in working with adolescent substance abuse. Family Dynamics of Addictions Quarterly, 1, 55-69.
1986-1990
Liddle, H. A. (1987). Editor's introduction I: Family psychology: The journal, the field. Journal of Family Psychology, 1(1), 5-22.
Liddle, H. A. (1987). Editor's introduction II: Family psychology: Tasks of an emerging (and emerged) discipline. Journal of Family Psychology, 1(2), 149-167.
Saba, G. W. & Liddle, H. A. (1986). Family therapy training and supervision: The state of the art. Zeitschrift fur Systemische Therapie, 8, 77-92.
Saba, G. W. & Liddle, H. A. (1986). Perceptions of professional needs, practice patterns and critical issues facing family therapy trainers and supervisors. American Journal of Family Therapy, 14, 109-122.
1981-1985
Liddle, H. A. (1985). Beyond family therapy: Challenging the boundaries, roles, and mission of a field. Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 4(2), 4-14.
Liddle, H. A. (1985). Redefining the mission of family therapy training: Can our differentness make a difference? Journal of Psychotherapy and the Family, 1(4), 109-124.
Liddle, H. A. (1984). Family therapy training: Current issues, future trends. International Journal of Family Therapy, 4(2), 81-97.
Liddle, H. A. (1984). Toward a dialectical-contextual co-evolutionary translation of structural strategic therapy. Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 3(3), 66-79.
Liddle, H. A., Breunlin, D .C., Schwartz, R. C., & Constantine, J. A. (1984). Training family therapy supervisors: Issues of content, form and context. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 10(2), 139-150.
Liddle, H. A. & Schwartz, R. C. (1983). Live supervision/consultation: Pragmatic and conceptual guidelines for family therapy trainers. Family Process, 22(4), 477-490.
Liddle, H. A. & Saba, G. W. (1983). On context replication: The isomorphic nature of training and therapy. Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 2(3), 3-11.
Liddle, H. A. (1982). On the problems of eclecticism: A call for epistemologic clarification and human-scale theories. Family Process, 21(2), 243-250.
Liddle, H. A. (1982). Using mental imagery to create therapeutic and supervisory realities. American Journal of Family Therapy, 10(1), 68-72.
Liddle, H. A. & Saba, G. (1982). On teaching family therapy at the introductory level: A conceptual model emphasizing a pattern which connects training and therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 8(1), 63-72.
Liddle, H. A. & Saba, G. (1981). Systemic chic: Family therapy's new wave. Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 1(2), 36-69.
Liddle, H. A. & Saba, G. (1981). Systemic chic II: Can family therapy maintain its floy floy? Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 1(2), 40-43.
1975-1980
Liddle, H. A. (1980). Keeping abreast of developments in the family therapy field: The use of "concept cards" in clinical practice. American Journal of Family Therapy, 8, 291.
Liddle, H. A. (1980). On teaching a contextual or systemic therapy: Training content, goals and methods. American Journal of Family Therapy, 8(1), 58-69.
Liddle, H. A., Vance, S., & Pastushak, R.J. (1979). Family therapy training opportunities in psychology and counselor education. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 10(5), 760-765.
Tucker, B. Z. & Liddle, H. A. (1978). Intra- and interpersonal process in the group supervision of family therapists. Family Therapy, 5(1), 13-27.
Tucker, B. Z., Hart, G., & Liddle, H. A. (1976). Supervision in family therapy: A developmental perspective. Journal of Marriage and Family Counseling, 2, 269-277.