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The Role of Maternal Distress in a Parent Training Program to Modify Child Non-compliance*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

R. Forehand ,
W. M. Furey  and
R. J. McMahon
R. Forehand
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, University of British Columbia
W. M. Furey
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, University of British Columbia
R. J. McMahon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, University of British Columbia
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This paper reviews the effects of maternal distress on several aspects of parent—child interactions that were identified in the course of a parent training program for child non-compliance. Distress was measured by a number of self-report questionnaires examining depression, anxiety, marital relations, and extrafamilial relationships. The parent training program is initially reviewed. Subsequently, pretreatment relationships between maternal distress and parent—child interactions were examined. Distress appears to be related primarily to measures of parent perceptions of child maladjustment. Several relationships between distress and treatment outcome also were noted. A recent study designed to enhance parent training by modifying maternal distress factors is presented. Finally, implications and limitations of the data are discussed.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 93 - 108
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1984

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