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Ewing, Donna L.; Monsen, Jeremy J.; Kwoka, Maria – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2014
This action research project considered whether significant improvements in child and young person behavioural and emotional mental health could be achieved using school-based play workers as opposed to qualified therapists. This was seen as being an important practice question as access to qualified play therapists was severely restricted with…
Descriptors: Action Research, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems, Mental Disorders
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Gloster, Andrew T.; Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich; Einsle, Franziska; Lang, Thomas; Helbig-Lang, Sylvia; Fydrich, Thomas; Fehm, Lydia; Hamm, Alfons O.; Richter, Jan; Alpers, George W.; Gerlach, Alexander L.; Strohle, Andreas; Kircher, Tilo; Deckert, Jurgen; Zwanzger, Peter; Hofler, Michael; Arolt, Volker – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a first-line treatment for panic disorder with agoraphobia (PD/AG). Nevertheless, an understanding of its mechanisms and particularly the role of therapist-guided exposure is lacking. This study was aimed to evaluate whether therapist-guided exposure in situ is associated with more pervasive and…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Effect Size, Therapy, Cognitive Restructuring
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Whittal, Maureen L.; Robichaud, Melisa; Woody, Sheila R. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2010
Contemporary cognitive treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) dates back to 1985, and rests on the premise that infrequent unwanted intrusions are essentially universal. As such, it is not the intrusion that is the focus of treatment but rather the interpretation or appraisal placed upon the intrusion. A number of cognitive domains are…
Descriptors: Intervention, Etiology, Effect Size, Video Technology
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Christensen, Andrew; Atkins, David C.; Baucom, Brian; Yi, Jean – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: To follow distressed married couples for 5 years after their participation in a randomized clinical trial. Method: A total of 134 chronically and seriously distressed married couples were randomly assigned to approximately 8 months of either traditional behavioral couple therapy (TBCT; Jacobson & Margolin, 1979) or integrative…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Marital Satisfaction, Effect Size, Therapy
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McManus, Freda; Waite, Polly; Shafran, Roz – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2009
Low self-esteem is a common, disabling, and distressing problem that has been shown to be involved in the etiology and maintenance of a range of Axis I disorders. Hence, it is a priority to develop effective treatments for low self-esteem. A cognitive-behavioral conceptualization of low self-esteem has been proposed and a cognitive-behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Etiology, Effect Size, Therapy
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Yeo, Lay See; Choi, Pui Meng – School Psychology International, 2011
The present study investigated the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) programme delivered by a school psychologist for children with behavioural difficulties in Singapore elementary school classrooms. It examined the impact of a 12-session, psychoeducational group intervention in helping misbehaving pupils to control their…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Effect Size, Foreign Countries, Counseling Techniques
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Beatty, Lisa; Koczwara, Bogda – Clinical Psychologist, 2010
Cognitive Behaviour Stress Management for women with breast cancer has demonstrable empirical efficacy, however its effectiveness in the applied clinical setting has not been examined to date in an Australian setting. A 10-week group program was offered to five women with early stage breast cancer. Clinical changes in distress, coping, and social…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Females, Relaxation Training, Cancer
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Boelen, Paul A.; de Keijser, Jos; van den Hout, Marcel A.; van den Bout, Jan – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
Few studies have examined treatments for complicated grief--a debilitating condition that can develop after the loss of a loved one. This study compared the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy with a nonspecific treatment with supportive counseling (SC). Using a minimization method, 54 mourners with clinically significant levels of…
Descriptors: Therapy, Psychopathology, Grief, Effect Size
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Pelham, William E., Jr.; Fabiano, Gregory A. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
Pelham, Wheeler, and Chronis (1998) reviewed the treatment literature on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and concluded behavioral parent training (BPT) and behavioral classroom management (BCM) were well-established treatments for children with ADHD. This review updates and extends the finding of the prior review. Studies conducted…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Summer Programs, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders
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McCloskey, Michael S.; Noblett, Kurtis L.; Deffenbacher, Jerry L.; Gollan, Jackie K.; Coccaro, Emil F. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
No randomized clinical trials have evaluated the efficacy of psychotherapy for intermittent explosive disorder (IED). In the present study, the authors tested the efficacy of 12-week group and individual cognitive-behavioral therapies (adapted from J. L. Deffenbacher & M. McKay, 2000) by comparing them with a wait-list control in a randomized…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Effect Size, Psychotherapy, Depression (Psychology)
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Watson, Hunna J.; Rees, Clare S. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Objective: To conduct a meta-analysis on randomized, controlled treatment trials of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Method: Studies were included if they employed randomized, controlled methodology and treated young people (19 years or under) with OCD. A comprehensive literature search identified 13 RCTs containing 10…
Descriptors: Pediatrics, Meta Analysis, Antisocial Behavior, Child Behavior
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Weisz, John R.; McCarty, Carolyn A.; Valeri, Sylvia M. – Psychological Bulletin, 2006
Serious sequelae of youth depression, plus recent concerns over medication safety, prompt growing interest in the effects of youth psychotherapy. In previous meta-analyses, effect sizes (ESs) have averaged 0.99, well above conventional standards for a large effect and well above mean ES for other conditions. The authors applied rigorous analytic…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Depression (Psychology), Effect Size, Children
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Hall, Gordon C. Nagayama – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Meta-analyses were performed on 12 studies of treatment with sex offenders (n=1,313). A small, but robust, overall effect size was found for treatment versus comparison conditions. Cognitive-behavioral and hormonal treatments were significantly more effective than behavioral treatments but were not significantly different from each other. (JPS)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling Techniques, Effect Size
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Eells, Tracy D.; Lombart, Kenneth G.; Kendjelic, Edward M.; Turner, L. Carolyn; Lucas, Cynthia P. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
Sixty-five expert, experienced, and novice cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic psychotherapists provided "think aloud" case formulations in response to 6 standardized patient vignettes varying in disorder and prototypicality. The 390 formulations were reliably transcribed, segmented into idea units, content coded, and rated on multiple…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Allied Health Personnel, Patients, Cognitive Restructuring
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Bledsoe, Sarah E.; Grote, Nancy K. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2006
Objectives: This meta-analysis evaluates treatment effects for nonpsychotic major depression during pregnancy and postpartum comparing interventions by type and timing. Methods: Studies for decreasing depressive severity during pregnancy and postpartum applying treatment trials and standardized measures were included. Standardized mean differences…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Cognitive Restructuring, Effect Size, Psychotherapy
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