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Moderators and Mediators of Youth Treatment Outcomes

Online ISBN:
9780190253790
Print ISBN:
9780199360345
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
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Moderators and Mediators of Youth Treatment Outcomes

Marija Maric (ed.),
Marija Maric
(ed.)

Assistant Professor of Clinical Developmental Psychology

Assistant Professor of Clinical Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam
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Pier J.M. Prins (ed.),
Pier J.M. Prins
(ed.)

Professor of Clinical Child Psychology

Professor of Clinical Child Psychology, University of Amsterdam
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Thomas H. Ollendick (ed.)
Thomas H. Ollendick
(ed.)

University Distinguished Professor and Director, Child Study Center

University Distinguished Professor and Director, Child Study Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Published:
August 2015
Online ISBN:
9780190253790
Print ISBN:
9780199360345
Publisher:
Oxford University Press

Abstract

Despite impressive progress and achievements in child psychotherapy research over the past six decades, which have yielded many effective treatments for a large variety of child problems, there is an increasing need to move beyond the questions of efficacy or effectiveness (“Did the intervention work?”) to questions of mediation and moderation of intervention outcomes (“How and why did it work, and for whom?”). Moderation research may determine conditions under which treatments are most effective and for whom, and mediation research may result in the improvement of interventions by showing which processes may be considered important mechanisms of action, and which intervention elements are critical in influencing these important processes. This book aims to give an up-to-date overview of the extant research on moderation and mediation in treatment outcome research of major child problems. The authors of the chapters, all experts in their various domains, provide theoretical conceptualizations of important moderation and mediation models underlying youth interventions, summarize evidence from empirical research, and highlight current challenges and solutions related to the conduct of moderation and mediation research in youth populations. Moderators and Mediators of Youth Treatment Outcomes is primarily written for clinical researchers in child and adolescent mental health. However, the book will also be of interest to all child and adolescent mental health clinicians in training and practicing professionals, including psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and pediatricians.

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