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Bernstein, Gail A.; Bernat, Debra H.; Victor, Andrea M.; Layne, Ann E. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008
The study followed participants aged 7 to 11 years from a previous study that compared three school-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions for anxious children to determine long-term post-treatment benefits. Results indicate school-based CBT decreases anxiety symptoms up to 12 months post-treatment.
Descriptors: Social Development, Anxiety, Comparative Analysis, Intervention
Byom, Tianna K. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Rising overweight and obesity rates in the United States and the accompanying health issues underscore the need for an effective treatment for weight loss. While most people tend to lose weight as a result of cognitive-behavioral treatment, the weight is often regained after treatment ends. Possible reasons for weight regain include not fully…
Descriptors: Obesity, Motivation, Statistical Significance, Effect Size
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Gillis, Jennifer M.; Hammond Natof, Tammy; Lockshin, Stephanie B.; Romanczyk, Raymond G. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have a high prevalence of specific fears, including fear of general medical procedures, but research on the treatment of medical fears has been limited. Two studies are described in this article. The first study involved an assessment of the prevalence of fears associated with physical exams.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Incidence, Autism, Fear
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Bodden, Denise H. M.; Bogels, Susan M.; Nauta, Maaike H.; De Hann, Else; Ringrose, Jaap; Appelboom, Carla; Brinkman, Andries G.; Appelboom-Geerts, Karen C. M. M. J. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008
Child-focused and family-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for 128 children with clinical anxiety disorders and their parents were compared in terms of efficacy and partial effectiveness. Results indicate that 53% of the children under the child CBT became free of anxiety disorders at posttreamtent compared to only 28% under family CBT.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Therapy, Anxiety Disorders, Behavior Modification
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Lester, Kristin; Artz, Caroline; Resick, Patricia A.; Young-Xu, Yinong – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: The present study investigated the influence of race on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment among 94 African American and 214 Caucasian female victims of interpersonal violence participating in 2 studies of cognitive-behavioral treatment for PTSD that were conducted sequentially and continuously. Method: In each study,…
Descriptors: African Americans, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Racial Differences, Therapy
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Khanna, Muniya S.; Kendall, Philip C. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Data from a randomized clinical trial comparing the relative efficacy of individual cognitive-behavioral therapy (ICBT), family CBT (FCBT), and a family-based education/support/attention control (FESA) condition were used to examine associations between in-session therapeutic techniques related to parent training (PT) and treatment outcomes. This…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Parent Role, Contingency Management, Communication Skills
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Runyon, Melissa K.; Deblinger, Esther; Steer, Robert A. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2010
To compare the relative efficacy of two types of group cognitive-behavioral therapy for treating the traumatized child and at-risk or offending parent in cases of child physical abuse (CPA), 24 parents and their children were treated with Combined Parent-Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CPC-CBT) and 20 parents were treated with Parent-Only CBT.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Rearing, Cognitive Restructuring, Punishment
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Calear, Alison L.; Christensen, Helen; Mackinnon, Andrew; Griffiths, Kathleen M.; O'Kearney, Richard – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
The aim in the current study was to investigate the effectiveness of an online, self-directed cognitive-behavioral therapy program (MoodGYM) in preventing and reducing the symptoms of anxiety and depression in an adolescent school-based population. A cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted with 30 schools (N = 1,477) from across…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Botella, C.; Gallego, M. J.; Garcia-Palacios, A.; Banos, R. M.; Quero, S.; Alcaniz, M. – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2009
Several randomised controlled studies have shown the efficacy of Internet-based self-help treatments. These studies have centred their attention on axis I (efficacy) of the Guidelines for Empirically Validated Treatments, although there are a few studies that also take into account axis II (effectiveness). The aim of the present work was to test…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Self Help Programs, Internet, Teaching Methods
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Becker, Sara J.; Curry, John F. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Previous reviews of outpatient interventions for adolescent substance abuse have been limited in the extent to which they considered the methodological quality of individual studies. The authors assessed 31 randomized trials of outpatient interventions for adolescent substance abuse on 14 attributes of trial quality. A quality of evidence score…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Dropouts, Family Counseling, Therapy
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Annesi, James J.; Whitaker, Ann C. – Health Education & Behavior, 2010
The behavioral processes of weight reduction are poorly understood, and responses to treatments based primarily on caloric restriction have been unfavorable. A theory-based path derived from proposed relations of physical activity, changes in psychological factors, and weight loss was separately tested with women with Class I and Class II obesity…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Physical Activities, Self Efficacy
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Paez-Blarrina, Marisa; Luciano, Carmen; Gutierrez-Martinez, Olga; Valdivia, Sonsoles; Rodriguez-Valverde, Miguel; Ortega, Jose – Behavior Modification, 2008
This study compares the effect of an acceptance-based protocol (ACT) and a cognitive control-based (CONT) protocol on three measures of pain coping: tolerance, self-report, and believability. Specific methodological controls were employed to further isolate the role of the value of participating in a pain task, compared to previous investigations…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Stimulation, Coping, Pain
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Feeny, Norah C.; Silva, Susan G.; Reinecke, Mark A.; McNulty, Steven; Findling, Robert L.; Rohde, Paul; Curry, John F.; Ginsburg, Golda S.; Kratochvil, Christopher J.; Pathak, Sanjeev M.; May, Diane E.; Kennard, Betsy D.; Simons, Anne D.; Wells, Karen C.; Robins, Michele; Rosenberg, David; March, John S. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
This article explores aspects of family environment and parent-child conflict that may predict or moderate response to acute treatments among depressed adolescents (N = 439) randomly assigned to fluoxetine, cognitive behavioral therapy, their combination, or placebo. Outcomes were Week 12 scores on measures of depression and global impairment. Of…
Descriptors: Conflict, Cognitive Restructuring, Adolescents, Family Environment
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Reaven, Judith A.; Blakeley-Smith, Audrey; Nichols, Shana; Dasari, Meena; Flanigan, Erin; Hepburn, Susan – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are at increased risk for developing anxiety disorders relative to children without ASD and those with other developmental disabilities. Thirty-three children with high-functioning ASD and their parents participated in an original, manualized cognitive behavioral group treatment aimed at reducing…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, At Risk Persons
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Weisz, John R.; Southam-Gerow, Michael A.; Gordis, Elana B.; Connor-Smith, Jennifer K.; Chu, Brian C.; Langer, David A.; McLeod, Bryce D.; Jensen-Doss, Amanda; Updegraff, Alanna; Weiss, Bahr – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Community clinic therapists were randomized to (a) brief training and supervision in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for youth depression or (b) usual care (UC). The therapists treated 57 youths (56% girls), ages 8-15, of whom 33% were Caucasian, 26% were African American, and 26% were Latino/Latina. Most youths were from low-income families…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Therapy, Depression (Psychology), Clinics
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