Documentation of change in problem behaviors among anxious and hostile-aggressive children enrolled in a therapeutic preschool program
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Child Psychiatry and Human Development
- Vol. 11 (4) , 232-240
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00706522
Abstract
A relatively simple, straightforward procedure is utilized to identify and document changes in problem behaviors among children enrolled in a therapeutic preschool program. Results of two outcome measures indicated a significant overall reduction in problem behaviors for the total group. When subgroups of anxious and hostile/aggressive children were considered, however, there was a significantly greater probability that anxious children would benefit more from the program than hostile/aggressive children. The need to consider subgroups of patients when documenting treatment effectiveness is emphasized, and the advantage of building documentation techniques into the record-keeping system is discussed.Keywords
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