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A procedure to enhance the impact of parent training with multistressed mother — child dyads was explored with 29 clinic-referred dyads. The procedure, called synthesis teaching, was provided for one randomly selected group of dyads, while the other group was engaged in problem discussions about their children. Both groups received parent training as the principal intervention for the mothers' conduct-disordered children. Results showed that these interventions had no effects on dyads in the clinic setting, but had a progressively more significant effect at home for the synthesis teaching group. That is, mothers in this group showed reductions in their indiscriminate parenting and their children demonstrated behavioral improvements. In contrast, mothers in the control group did not change their behavior and their children did not demonstrate observed behavioral changes. Interpretations of the results center on how synthesis teaching might have produced these effects.
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The research data reported in this paper were generated by support from grant R01-1068-58 from the National Institute of Mental Health, Crime and Delinquency Section.
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Wahler, R.G., Cartor, P.G., Fleischman, J. et al. The impact of synthesis teaching and parent training with mothers of conduct-disordered children. J Abnorm Child Psychol 21, 425–440 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01261602
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