We tested whether adolescents who were motivated for treatment, who showed relatively few behavior problems at admission and experienced a good relationship with staff during their stay, had more positive outcomes than adolescents with a poor treatment motivation, many behavior problems and a poor relationship with staff (cf. Orlando et al. 2003).
A second objective was to identify whether and how the adolescents' behavior problems at admission, and the quality of the client-staff relationship were associated with adolescents' behavior change and treatment satisfaction.
Strawberry had many behavior problems at Phoenix House near Ocala, Fla., a state Corrections Department report said.
A positive response to either of the items on attention or behavior problems indicated attention or behavior problems at school.
She developed behavioral problems at an early age, showing hyperactivity, restlessness, distractibility, echolalia and a very demanding behavior.
Behavior problems evident at diagnosis should become a focus for clinical attention and early intervention given their association with ongoing mental health problems.
More specifically, young people with externalizing behavior problems regularly show difficulties in treatment engagement and alliance formation.
As shown in Table 1 and Table 2, levels of children's cognitive functioning, behavior problems and their mothers' parenting stress at T1, treatment hours per week, treatment cost per month, and T1-T2 change in child and mother measures varied greatly in this sample.
Mean level of internalizing and externalizing behavior problems was similar at 18 and 36 months (Table 1).
Correlations between preschool variables and disruptive behavior problems were somewhat higher at preadolescence than at early adolescence.
