University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA,
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2014;42(3):399-402. doi: 10.1007/s10802-013-9839-4.
The set of studies in this special section bring into relief the importance of due attention to maintenance effects and use of boosters as critical components of intervention planning and evaluation, requiring theoretical and analytic forethought and direction. While some trends can be identified across these included reports and the other few studies of boosters in child psychopathology intervention, the main implication of work to date is to highlight the need to consider maintenance and booster effects analyses as more than afterthoughts of technical interest primarily. In addition, this collection of studies includes treatment and prevention efforts focused on a shared topic, which is rare in child psychopathology topical collections. This juxtaposition helps illuminate some of the many considerations that could influence how maintenance effects and booster contributions might be tested. It is hoped that further work will occur that builds on these exemplary efforts.
本特刊中的一系列研究凸显了关注维持效应和使用增强剂作为干预计划和评估的关键组成部分的重要性，这需要理论和分析的前瞻性和指导。虽然在这些报告和其他少数关于儿童精神病理学干预的增强剂研究中可以识别出一些趋势，但迄今为止的工作主要意义是强调需要将维持和增强剂效应分析不仅仅作为技术上的事后想法来考虑。此外，本研究集包括针对共同主题的治疗和预防工作，这在儿童精神病理学专题集中很少见。这种并置有助于阐明可能影响维持效应和增强剂贡献的测试方式的许多考虑因素。希望将进一步开展这些示范工作。
