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Peer reviewedAlden, Lynn – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1989
Randomly assigned 42 men and 34 women classified as having avoidant personality disorder to one of three treatment conditions or to control group. Treatment subjects displayed significantly greater improvement on self-report and behavioral measures than did controls. Inclusion of skills-training procedures did not contribute to effects of…
Descriptors: Adults, Counseling Techniques, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Treatment
Peer reviewedJonsdottir-Baldursson, Thuridur; Horvath, Peter – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Replicated, in an Icelandic sample of alcoholics, research on the clinical and demographic characteristics of borderline patients. Used Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Gunderson's Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines, and the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test. A particular MMPI high point configuration characterized alcoholics…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Clinical Diagnosis, Demography, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedWeisz, John R.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Compared Thailand to United States in regard to children's psychological problems and corresponding clinic referral patterns. Overcontrolled problems (somaticizing, fearfulness, nervous movements, worrying) were reported more often for Thai than for American youth. Undercontrolled problems (disobedience, fighting, lying, arguing) were reported…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Buddhism, Children
