Consistent with prior short - term outcomes, the primary measure at age 3 years was externalising behaviour problems, assessed by the 99 - item validated Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL 1 1/2 — 5).21 This checklist also quantifies internalising behaviour problems, and yields raw scores (used to compare
groups as the primary outcome) and T - scores with a
clinical cut - point derived from the combined
norming sample of children aged 1 through 5 years (used to describe the sample relative to international
norms).
The aspects of
group therapy which will be discussed include: 1) Forming a therapy
group and setting
norms for the
group 2) Developing
group cohesion to increase therapeutic benefits (Mahon & Leszcz, 2017)-RRB- 3) Selection and preparation of clients to participate in
group psychotherapy 4) Strategies for effectively handling
clinical challenges in
groups such as conflict, absenteeism, and monopolizing 5) Therapeutically handling diversity issues as they emerge in
group psychotherapy (Stevens & Abernethy (2017) 6) Discussion of therapeutic factors in therapy
groups and methods for using these factors to increase the benefits of therapy
groups and enrich the
group experience for participants.