Working alliance and treatment fidelity as predictors of externalizing problem behaviors in parent management training

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1010-1020

  Hukkelberg, Silje S ^a   Ogden, Terje ^a  

^a Norwegian Centre for Child Behavioral Development   (Norway)

Author keywords

child problem behavior; common factors; fidelity; parent management training; working alliance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PARENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING OREGON MODEL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TEACHER; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONTROL; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN RELATION; NORWAY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORWAY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84887179092     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033825     Document Type: Article

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