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A mother instruction program: Behavior changes with and without therapeutic intervention

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Mother-child behavior changes over therapeutic intervention and no-contact periods were compared. Fifteen dyads had 8 weeks of instruction followed by no contact; 15 followed a reversed schedule. Overall change was about the same in both groups, and both changed more during instruction than during no-contact periods. Mothers receiving immediate instruction showed greater and more systematic immediate changes following instruction. Children in the group with later follow-up exhibited a greater proportion of behavior change during the no-contact period than during instruction. Thus, no-contact periods cannot be considered no-change periods, though immediate intervention probably ensures more systematic change than intervention preceded by waiting-list experience.

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  1. The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, 98195, Seattle, Washington

    Betty N. Gordon & Kate L. Kogan

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This study was supported by Grant 19642 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

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Gordon, B.N., Kogan, K.L. A mother instruction program: Behavior changes with and without therapeutic intervention. Child Psych Hum Dev 6, 89–106 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01438303

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