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THE OUTCOME OF INDIVIDUAL CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPY: INCREMENTS AT FOLLOW‐UP
Author(s) -
Wright David M.,
Moelis Irvin,
Pollack Lawrence J.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1976.tb00403.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychotherapist , outcome (game theory) , child psychotherapy , strengths and weaknesses , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , mathematics , mathematical economics
SUMMARY Outcome studies of individual child psychotherapy providing comparable assessments at the close of therapy and at follow‐up are reviewed and examined. Increases in outcome status from the end of therapy to follow‐up are found frequently in treated groups of children. Follow‐up increments appear to be most common when psychotherapy sessions number 30 or more. Methodological strengths and weaknesses of the studies are discussed and the substantive, theoretical, and methodological implications of the findings explored. The strongest implication of the review is that evaluations of the effectiveness of individual child psychotherapy require follow‐up assessments.