Within-intervention change: Mediators of intervention effects during multisystemic therapy

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 574-587

  Deković, Maja ^a   Asscher, Jessica J ^b   Manders, Willeke A ^a   Prins, Pier J M ^b   Van Der Laan, Peter ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

externalizing problems; mediators of intervention effects; MST; parental sense of competence; parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT EXTERNALIZING PROBLEM; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTISYSTEMIC THERAPY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872257901     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028482     Document Type: Article

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