| Abstract: | Examined the immediate impact of therapist behavior on client noncompliance in 2 studies involving 12 3.8–13.1 yr old socially aggressive children and their families. One family participated in both studies. Observation systems describing client and therapist behavior were used to code videotaped therapy sessions. In Study 1, the therapist behaviors teach and confront were associated with significant increases in the likelihood of client noncompliant reactions. Therapist behaviors facilitate and support were followed by reliable decreases in client noncompliance. In Study 2, the therapist behaviors teach and confront were manipulated in a series of single-S ABAB reversal designs. Results demonstrate that changes in therapist behaviors produced increases in client noncompliance. (9 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
