The first aim was to investigate the five - minute speech sample as a measure of parenting perceptions for
nonclinical youth by analyzing relations of criticism and emotional over-involvement with self - reported and observed measures of parenting behavior in a diverse community sample of mothers (N = 64) with school - age children (M age = 9.48).
Not exact matches
Total problem behavior was equivalent and at
nonclinical levels in all conditions by the 18 - month follow - up, but
youth in the MST plus ARC condition entered out - of - home placements at a significantly lower rate (16 %) than
youth in the control condition (34 %).
Results found that at 6 - month treatment outcomes
youth total problem behavior in the MST plus ARC condition was at a
nonclinical level and significantly lower than in other conditions.
Although mean symptoms scores fell in the
nonclinical range, a relatively high percentage of
youth were in the «high - risk» range for caregiver - reported symptoms as indicated by a t score > 60 based on general norms for the BASC.
Accumulating evidence from clinical and
nonclinical samples shows that socially anxious
youth are more rejected and less liked by, and receive more negative treatment from peers than their nonanxious counterparts (e.g., Blöte et al. 2007; Spence et al. 1999; Verduin and Kendall 2008).