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Child-focused behavioral assessment and modification.

¹Department of Psychology, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. ievans@waikato.ac.nz

Journal of Clinical Child Psychology

|December 10, 1999

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Child behavior therapy needs a broader approach. Psychological behaviorism offers an integrative framework for assessment and treatment, focusing on multiple influences on children.

Area of Science:

Psychology
Behavioral Science

Background:

Traditional child behavior therapy often applies principles too literally.
An integrative framework is needed for effective child assessment and treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

To advocate for Staats's psychological behaviorism as an integrative framework.
To explore the implications of psychological behaviorism for child clinical practice.

Main Methods:

Utilized Staats's (1996) psychological behaviorism, a multilevel, positivist paradigm.
Focused on integrating social learning, developmental, and personality principles.
Selected four key tenets of psychological behaviorism for clinical application.

Main Results:

Psychological behaviorism provides a more expansive approach to child behavior therapy.

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The framework allows for flexible and substitutable clinical practices.

Highlights the importance of children as the central focus in assessment and modification.

Conclusions:

A more integrative framework, like psychological behaviorism, is crucial for child behavioral interventions.
Clinical practices must consider multiple sources of influence and the culture of childhood.
Further development is needed to translate theoretical principles into specific clinical practices.