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Parents' treatment expectations and attrition from a child psychiatric service
Author(s) -
Plunkett James W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198401)40:1<372::aid-jclp2270400169>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - attrition , psychology , duration (music) , psychiatry , service (business) , congruence (geometry) , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , art , literature , economy , dentistry , economics
In a large Child Psychiatric Service a structured questionnaire completed by parents ( N = 80) prior to clinic contact tested the hypothesis that congruence between parent expectations and clinic actions as to the form, duration and process of treatment would be associated with greater acceptance of services. Empirical support was found for the importance of congruent expectations of treatment form and duration, but not of treatment process.