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Do children from community‐based parent training programs have clinically significant behavior problems?
Author(s) -
Friman Patrick C.,
Soper Stephen H.,
Thompson Ronald W.,
Daly Daniel L.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(199301)21:1<56::aid-jcop2290210107>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - cbcl , child behavior checklist , psychology , parent training , checklist , behavior problem , clinical psychology , mental health , class (philosophy) , developmental psychology , psychiatry , intervention (counseling) , cognitive psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Alternative mental health services for children such as parent training are expanding across the country. Yet the clinical picture of the children served in these programs is incomplete. In two studies we compare scores from standardized behavior problem inventories for groups of children from a parent training class with scores from groups of children from a clinic setting and a nonclinic setting. In study one we used the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI), an instrument that primarily assesses externalizing problems. In study two, we used the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), an instrument that assesses both externalizing and internalizing problems. The results from both studies show the scores from the parent training groups were equivalent to scores from the clinic groups and were significantly higher than the scores from the nonclinic groups. These results suggest parent training classes do serve children with clinically significant problems.