ABSTRACT
ADHD symptoms were independent of changes in conduct
Methods
of 133 families that had been previously randomized to one of
133 families came from a sample of 255 families, who had been
clinical cut-off on the Hyperactivity subscale of the Strengths
Fifty of these families were in the intervention group, and 29 in
were single parents. The mean age of the index child was
Screening: parent report measures
ECBI (Eyberg & Ross 1 978; Eyberg 1980)
rence of problem behaviours in children aged from 2 to
Intensity scale which measures the frequency of particular
Parent report measures (outcome)
of the most highly loaded symptoms from the factor scales of
Observation of mother and child behaviour: Dyadic
three 'child' composite variables: (I) child deviance (including
that particular time of day. In order to obtain sufficient parent-
acceptable level of inter-rater agreement was achieved (75%).
