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Weersing, V. Robin; Rozenman, Michelle S.; Maher-Bridge, Maureen; Campo, John V. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2012
Anxiety, depression, and somatic complaints are a common set of comorbid problems in children and adolescents. This "internalizing cluster" is highly prevalent, impairing during youth and into adulthood, and has substantial impacts on health-care systems. Fortunately, these problem areas may share several etiological factors and, thus, respond to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Pediatrics
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Eifert, Georg H.; Forsyth, John P. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2011
The goal of this paper is to familiarize clinicians with the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for problem anger by describing the application of ACT to a case of a 45-year-old man struggling with anger. ACT is an approach and set of intervention technologies that support acceptance and mindfulness processes linked with commitment and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Behavior Change
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Himle, Michael B.; Olufs, Erin; Himle, Joseph; Tucker, Benjamin T. P.; Woods, Douglas W. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2010
Habit reversal training (HRT) has been proven effective for reducing tics in children with Tourette's syndrome (TS). However, the availability of the intervention is limited. Videoconference technology represents a promising mode through which HRT may be disseminated to underserved areas. Using a multiple-baseline across participants design, the…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Therapy, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Problems
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Tolin, David F.; Whiting, Sara; Maltby, Nicholas; Diefenbach, Gretchen J.; Lothstein, Mary Anne; Hardcastle, Surrey; Catalano, Amy; Gray, Krista – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2009
The following multiple baseline case series examines school refusal behavior in 4 male adolescents. School refusal symptom presentation was ascertained utilizing a functional analysis from the School Refusal Assessment Scale (Kearney, 2002). For the majority of cases, treatment was conducted within a 15-session intensive format over a 3-week…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Training, Program Effectiveness
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Slough, Nancy M.; McMahon, Robert J.; Bierman, Karen L.; Coie, John D.; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Foster, E. Michael; Greenberg, Mark T.; Lochman, John E.; McMahon, Robert J.; Pinderhughes, Ellen E. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2008
Children with early-starting conduct problems have a very poor prognosis and exact a high cost to society. The Fast Track project is a multisite, collaborative research project investigating the efficacy of a comprehensive, long-term, multicomponent intervention designed to "prevent" the development of serious conduct problems in high-risk…
Descriptors: Research Design, Behavior Problems, Intervention, Student Behavior
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Wagner, Amy W.; Zatzick, Douglas F.; Ghesquiere, Angela; Jurkovich, Gregory J. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2007
This paper describes an adaptation of behavioral activation (BA) for the early intervention of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression among physically injured survivors of traumatic injury, and presents pilot data on a small randomized effectiveness trial (N = 8). The application of BA to PTSD is based on the theory that increases in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression (Psychology), Behavior Problems