Diament C, Colletti G
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1978 Sep;6(3):385-400. doi: 10.1007/BF00924741.
The present study evaluated the effectiveness of a behavioral group counseling program for parent members of the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities. Twenty-two mothers were assigned to two treatment groups (N = 5 and N = 6) and a control group (N = 11). Treatment-group mothers received a series of eight weekly 1 1/2-hour sessions in which they were taught basic principles and procedures of behavior modification which they could apply to specific child-rearing problems. Multiple-success criteria (maternal reports, direct observation, frequency counts, and attitudinal measures) were employed to provide a broad-based measurement of outcome. Results indicated that treatment ratings of childrens' conduct and disruption and parental postbehavioral observations of mother-child interactions showed improvement for the behavioral-counseling groups while control-group ratings and behavior observations remained the same. All treatment-group changes were maintained at 3-month follow-up. Consistency of treatment-group data across measures and over time suggests the effectiveness of this approach as a training method. Implications for future research were discussed.
本研究评估了一项针对学习障碍儿童协会家长成员的行为团体咨询项目的有效性。22名母亲被分为两个治疗组（每组人数分别为5人和6人）和一个对照组（11人）。治疗组的母亲参加了一系列为期八周、每周1个半小时的课程，课程中教授她们行为矫正的基本原则和程序，以便应用于具体的育儿问题。采用多种成功标准（母亲报告、直接观察、频次计数和态度测量）对结果进行广泛的衡量。结果表明，行为咨询组儿童行为和破坏行为的治疗评分以及母亲对母子互动的行为后观察结果有所改善，而对照组的评分和行为观察结果保持不变。所有治疗组的变化在3个月的随访中得以维持。治疗组数据在不同测量方法和不同时间上的一致性表明了这种方法作为一种训练方式的有效性。文中还讨论了对未来研究的启示。
