Journal of Pediatric Psychology 7(2) pp. 209-222, 1982
© 1982 Society of Pediatric Psychology
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Characteristics of Families Completing and Prematurely Discontinuing a Behavioral Parent-Training Program1
University of Ottawa and Children's Hospital Eastern Ontario
2All correspondence should be addressed to Philip Firestone, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, 651 Cumberland Lane, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N6N5.
The parents of 83 hyperactive children were offered a social learning based parent-training program. Only 49% of the families who agreed to treatment actually finished the 4-month program. Analyses revealed that those children whose families dropped out were younger and had lower IQs. It was also clear that parents who dropped out were significantly younger and had lower IQs. There were also trends suggesting the dropout families had lower mean family incomes and the mothers in this group had fewer years of education. Finally, several significant differences in personality profiles, as evidenced by the MMPI, were found between the parents that completed therapy and those that dropped out.
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