One of the conclusions of this series of meta - analyses, also illustrated in the title of the paper «Less is more,» was that interventions with
a modest number of intervention sessions (up to 16) appeared to be more effective than interventions with larger numbers of sessions, and this was true for clinical as well as for non-clinical groups.6 This diverges from Egeland's conclusion that more comprehensive, long - term interventions are necessary for high - risk families.
Not exact matches
While these effects are
modest in size, they demonstrate that internet delivered cognitive behavioural therapy has the potential to be applied as a low intensity psychosocial
intervention to large
numbers of people being treated for cardiovascular disease, at minimal cost.
First,
interventions that increase the share
of children growing up with two continuously married biological parents will have
modest effects on the percentage
of U.S. children experiencing various problems, but could have substantial effects on the
number of children experiencing them.
Although this might be true for other
intervention goals, such as helping high - risk mothers to cope with adversity or the daily hassles surrounding the birth
of a child, the recent meta - analysis shows that for sensitivity and attachment, the most effective way is to provide attachment - based
interventions in a
modest number of sensitivity - focused sessions.