title: Documentation of change in problem behaviors among anxious and hostile-aggressive children enrolled in a therapeutic preschool program.
abstract: A relatively simple, straightforward procedure is utilized to identify and document changes in problem behaviors among children enrolled in a therapeutic preschool program. Results of two outcome measures indicated a significant overall reduction in problem behaviors for the total group. When subgroups of anxious and hostile/aggressive children were considered, however, there was a significantly greater probability that anxious children would benefit more from the program than hostile/aggressive children. The need to consider subgroups of patients when documented treatment effectiveness is emphasized, and the advantage of building documentation techniques into the record-keeping system is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012578:Schools, Nursery; D012917:Social Adjustment