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Langer, David A.; McLeod, Bryce D.; Weisz, John R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: Some critics of treatment manuals have argued that their use may undermine the quality of the client-therapist alliance. This notion was tested in the context of youth psychotherapy delivered by therapists in community clinics. Method: Seventy-six clinically referred youths (57% female, age 8-15 years, 34% Caucasian) were randomly…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Psychotherapy, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
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McLeod, Bryce D.; Weisz, John R. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
Most everyday child and adolescent psychotherapy does not follow manuals that document the procedures. Consequently, usual clinical care has remained poorly understood and rarely studied. The Therapy Process Observational Coding System for Child Psychotherapy-Strategies scale (TPOCS-S) is an observational measure of youth psychotherapy procedures…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Measures (Individuals), Psychotherapy, Depression (Psychology)
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Weisz, John R.; McCarty, Carolyn A.; Valeri, Sylvia M. – Psychological Bulletin, 2006
Serious sequelae of youth depression, plus recent concerns over medication safety, prompt growing interest in the effects of youth psychotherapy. In previous meta-analyses, effect sizes (ESs) have averaged 0.99, well above conventional standards for a large effect and well above mean ES for other conditions. The authors applied rigorous analytic…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Depression (Psychology), Effect Size, Children