Citation

Bornstein PH, Hamilton SB. J. Abnorm. Child Psychol. 1978; 6(4): 503-509.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

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PMID

730970

Abstract

The parents of a 6-year-old disruptive boy were observed interacting with their son during 20 assessment-oriented, 10-minute experimental sessions. An experimental design consisting of alternately arranged baseline and self-monitoring conditions was utilized. Following the reversal-to-baseline phase, parents were given specialized training in self-recording positive parental praise. Results indicated that (a) self-monitoring of positive verbalizations was an effective means of producing reactive changes in parental behavior, and (b) training in self-monitoring increased parent-observer accuracy scores to more than acceptable levels of agreement. These findings were discussed with regard to the simplicity of a parental self-observational intervention and recommendations were made for continuing investigations in the area.

Language: en