The results revealed that findings are becoming increasingly nuanced with variations in levels of evidence related to ages of the children and characteristics of the specific treatment .
In addition , we focused our critique on generalization of treatment effects across setting s and time and on sample diversity ( with regard to ethnicity and levels of parent education ) in relation to the population .
Children of parents with higher levels of education than average appear to be overrepresented in the literature .
The purpose of this research was to up date the series of articles on evidence -based treatment for children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder that have appeared in this journal ( Evans , Owens & Bunford , 2014 ; Pelham & Fabiano , 2008 ; Pelham , Wheeler , & Chronis , 1998 ) .
The efficacy of problem-solving communication training alone, behavior management training alone, and their combination for parent-adolescent conflict in teenagers with ADHD and ODD.
Two family therapies were compared using teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder . Ninety-seven families were assigned to either 18 sessions of problem-solving communication training ( PSCT ) alone or behavior management training ( BMT ) for 9 sessions followed by PSCT for 9 sessions ( BMT/PSCT ) . Both treatments demonstrated significant improvement in ratings of parent-teen conflicts at the midpoint but did not differ . By posttreatment , both produced improvement on ratings and observations but did not differ . Significantly more families dropped out of PSCT alone than out of BMT/PSCT . At most , 23 % of families showed reliable change either by midpoint or by posttreatment , with no differences between therapies . Yet 31%-70 % of families were normalized . Group-level change and normalization rates support treatment efficacy , whereas indices of reliable change are less impressive
The results revealed that findings are becoming increasingly nuanced with variations in levels of evidence related to ages of the children and characteristics of the specific treatment .
In addition , we focused our critique on generalization of treatment effects across setting s and time and on sample diversity ( with regard to ethnicity and levels of parent education ) in relation to the population .
Children of parents with higher levels of education than average appear to be overrepresented in the literature .
The purpose of this research was to up date the series of articles on evidence -based treatment for children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder that have appeared in this journal ( Evans , Owens & Bunford , 2014 ; Pelham & Fabiano , 2008 ; Pelham , Wheeler , & Chronis , 1998 ) .