Investigating the collateral outcomes of incentive-based contingency management within a juvenile justice population : a multimethod approach.

Justice-involved youth have high rates of substance use problems but face significant barriers to accessing treatment. One of these barriers is the chronically low rates of caregiver involvement in programming and treatment delivered by juvenile probation departments. As such, there is a need to equip juvenile probation officers with effective interventions to address familial behaviors that may impact substance use and engagement in substance use treatment. Contingency management (CM) is an evidence-based treatment for treating substance use, and iterations that are family-driven show promise for use in juvenile justice settings. However, CM research has a narrowed focus on specific behavioral changes. Due to this, there is a lack of understanding of what changes outside the target behavior or collateral outcomes. Collateral outcomes are well-known in other evidence-based treatments and support their use and value. This mixed-methods study explored how caregivers who received a family-driven incentive-based CM intervention from juvenile probation officers experienced the intervention, including engagement in the target behavioral change, collateral outcomes, and general perceptions of the intervention. Results of qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys suggest that caregivers perceived themselves to engage in the target behavioral outcome of increasing their involvement in their adolescent’s life. There is also a suggestion that these caregivers experienced a range of positive and negative collateral outcomes, or extra changes, in their interpersonal relationships, perceptions of self, acquired skills, emotions, and satisfaction with treatment as a result of the intervention. The collateral outcomes have implications for disseminating incentive-based CM in juvenile justice settings.

Name thesis:degree_name

Psy.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Grantor

Baylor University.

Year dc:date.issued

2025

Author dc:creator

• Morrison, Meghan B. (Meghan Barbara), 1996-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Ryan-Pettes, Stacy R.

• Juvenile justice.
• Adolescent substance use.
• Contingency management.

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Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/2104/13907

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:baylor-ir.tdl.org:2104/13907