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A Randomized Trial of a Classroom Intervention to Increase Peers' Social Inclusion of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Mikami, Amori Yee; Griggs, Marissa Swaim; Lerner, Matthew D.; Emeh, Christina C.; Reuland, Meg M.; Jack, Allison; Anthony, Maria R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013
Objective: Interventions for peer problems among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) typically focus on improving these children's behaviors. This study tested the proposition that an adjunctive component encouraging the peer group to be socially inclusive of children with ADHD would augment the efficacy of traditional…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Peer Acceptance, Contingency Management
Maternal Attributions and Child Oppositional Behavior: A Longitudinal Study of Boys with and without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Johnston, Charlotte; Hommersen, Paul; Seipp, Carla M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
The authors examined changes over a 1-year period in mothers' attributions for child behavior and child oppositional behavior among 53 mothers and nonproblem sons and 44 mothers and sons with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Boys averaged 8 years of age (SD = 11 months) at Time 1. Families were primarily of European Canadian…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mothers, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Child Rearing
Epidemiological Comparisons of Problems and Positive Qualities Reported by Adolescents in 24 Countries
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Rescorla, Leslie; Achenbach, Thomas M.; Ivanova, Masha Y.; Dumenci, Levent; Almqvist, Fredrik; Bilenberg, Niels; Bird, Hector; Broberg, Anders; Dobrean, Anca; Dopfner, Manfred; Erol, Nese; Forns, Maria; Hannesdottir, Helga; Kanbayashi, Yasuko; Lambert, Michael C.; Leung, Patrick; Minaei, Asghar; Mulatu, Mesfin S.; Novik, Torunn S.; Oh, Kyung-Ja; Roussos, Alexandra; Sawyer, Michael; Simsek, Zeynep; Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph; Weintraub, Sheila; Metzke, Christa Winkler; Wolanczyk, Tomasz; Zilber, Nelly; Zukauskiene, Rita; Verhulst, Frank – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
In this study, the authors compared ratings of behavioral and emotional problems and positive qualities on the Youth Self-Report (T. M. Achenbach & L. A. Rescorla, 2001) by adolescents in general population samples from 24 countries (N = 27,206). For problem scales, country effect sizes (ESs) ranged from 3% to 9%, whereas those for gender and age…
Descriptors: Epidemiology, Adolescents, Effect Size, Emotional Problems
Trajectories of Psychosocial Adjustment in Adolescents with Spina Bifida: A 6-Year, Four-Wave Longitudinal Follow-up
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Holmbeck, Grayson N.; DeLucia, Christian; Essner, Bonnie; Kelly, Lauren; Zebracki, Kathy; Friedman, Deborah; Jandasek, Barbara – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: As a follow-up to an earlier cross-sectional study (Holmbeck et al., 2003), the current multimethod, multi-informant investigation examined individual growth in psychosocial adjustment across the adolescent transition in 2 samples: young adolescents with spina bifida (SB) and typically developing adolescents (N = 68 in both groups at…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Adolescents, Social Development, Psychological Patterns
Community-Based Intervention for Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: An Efficacy Trial
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Graham-Bermann, Sandra A.; Lynch, Shannon; Banyard, Victoria; DeVoe, Ellen R.; Halabu, Hilda – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
A community-based intervention program was tested with 181 children ages 6-12 and their mothers exposed to intimate partner violence during the past year. A sequential assignment procedure allocated participants to 3 conditions: child-only intervention, child-plus-mother intervention (CM), and a wait-list comparison. A 2-level hierarchical linear…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Problems, Family Violence, Community Programs
Treatment Adherence, Competence, and Outcome in Individual and Family Therapy for Adolescent Behavior Problems
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Hogue, Aaron; Henderson, Craig E.; Dauber, Sarah; Barajas, Priscilla C.; Fried, Adam; Liddle, Howard A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
This study examined the impact of treatment adherence and therapist competence on treatment outcome in a controlled trial of individual cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and multidimensional family therapy (MDFT) for adolescent substance use and related behavior problems. Participants included 136 adolescents (62 CBT, 74 MDFT) assessed at intake,…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Behavior Problems, Behavior Disorders, Interrater Reliability
Treatment Effectiveness of Parent Management Training in Norway: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Children with Conduct Problems
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Ogden, Terje; Hagen, Kristine Amlund – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
This study was a randomized control trial (RCT) of Parent Management Training--The Oregon Model (PMTO) in Norway. A sample representing all health regions of Norway and consisting of 112 children with conduct problems and their families participated in the study. Families were randomly assigned to either PMTO or a regular services comparison…
Descriptors: Discipline, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence
Use of the Behavior Problem Checklist with Psychotic Adolescents
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Herr, David E.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Teacher ratings on the Behavior Problem Checklist of adolescents who were clinically diagnosed as schizophrenic (psychotic) and those who had an adjustment reaction of adolescence (nonpsychotic) were compared. The schizophrenics tended to be rated as more deviant on both the flag items and Inadequacy-Immaturity dimensions of the checklist. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Handicapped Children
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Pathological Gamblers
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Petry, Nancy M.; Ammerman, Yola; Bohl, Jaime; Doersch, Anne; Gay, Heather; Kadden, Ronald; Molina, Cheryl; Steinberg, Karen – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Few studies have evaluated efficacy of psychotherapies for pathological gambling. Pathological gamblers (N = 231) were randomly assigned to (a) referral to Gamblers Anonymous (GA), (b) GA referral plus a cognitive-behavioral (CB) workbook, or (c) GA referral plus 8 sessions of individual CB therapy. Gambling and related problems were assessed…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Psychotherapy, Followup Studies
Comparative Psychotherapy: Rational-Emotive Therapy Versus Systematic Desensitization in the Treatment of Stuttering
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Moleski, Richard; Tosi, Donald J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
The present study examined the efficacy of rational-emotive psychotherapy and systematic desensitization in the treatment of stuttering. Both therapies, making extensive use of in vivo behavioral assignments, were examined under the presence and absence of in vivo tasks. Results show that rational-emotive therapy was more effective in reducing…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attitudes, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems
Violent Behavior and Differential Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Characteristics
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Hays, J. Ray; Solway, Kenneth S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children data were obtained from 18 violent juvenile offenders. The similarities ratio was computed and compared with the score from a random subsample of 18 juveniles from a larger population of 200 offenders. There was a significantly lower similarities ratio for the violent group. (Author)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency
Comparison of Specific Patterns of Antisocial Behavior in Children with Conduct Disorder with or without Coexisting Hyperactivity.
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Walker, Jason L.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Compared child outpatients with diagnoses for both conduct disorder (CD) and attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADD/H) with children with CD but no ADD/H. Children with both CD and ADD/H exhibited more physical aggression and a greater variety and severity of antisocial behaviors despite their younger age at time of referral than did…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns
Parental Perceptions of Child Behavior Problems, Parenting Self-Esteem, and Mothers' Reported Stress in Younger and Older Hyperactive and Normal Children.
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Mash, Eric J.; Johnston, Charlotte – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1983
Examined parental perceptions of child behavior, parenting self-esteem, and mothers' reported stress for younger and older hyperactive and normal children. Parenting self-esteem was lower in parents of hyperactives than in parents of normal children. Self-esteem related to skill/knowledge as a parent was age related. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Children, Comparative Analysis
Randomized Trial of Treatment for Children with Sexual Behavior Problems: Ten-Year Follow-Up
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Carpentier, Melissa Y.; Silovsky, Jane F.; Chaffin, Mark – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
This study prospectively follows 135 children 5-12 years of age with sexual behavior problems from a randomized trial comparing a 12-session group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with group play therapy and follows 156 general clinic children with nonsexual behavior problems. Ten-year follow-up data on future juvenile and adult arrests and…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Children, Behavior Problems, Followup Studies
Prospective Follow-Up of Girls with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder into Adolescence: Evidence for Continuing Cross-Domain Impairment
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Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Owens, Elizabeth B.; Sami, Nilofar; Fargeon, Samantha – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
The authors performed 5-year prospective follow-up (retention rate = 92%) with an ethnically diverse sample of girls, aged 11-18 years, who had been diagnosed in childhood with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; N = 140) and a matched comparison group (N = 88). Hyperactive-impulsive symptoms were more likely to abate than…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Females, Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity
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