What good is labeling what's good? A field experimental investigation of parental labeled praise and child compliance

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 134-141

  Leijten, Patty ^a,b   Thomaes, Sander ^a,c   Orobio de Castro, Bram ^a   Dishion, Thomas J ^d   Matthys, Walter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Disruptive child behavior; Field experiment; Labeled praise; Parenting intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABELED PRAISE; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRAISE; TEACHING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84988535738     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2016.09.008     Document Type: Article

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