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Detailed Information

Country	Country: United States
GDP per capita	39.737
Context details	Children referred for treatment of conduct problems, 81% boys, 77% Caucasian, 14% African American, 9% Hispanic; mean Hollingshead score 35
Age	59.2 months

2. Intervention

Implementation year	N/A
Implementer	Other
Duration (months)	4
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Weekly 1-hour group parenting sessions with trained therapists (graduate students); sessions ended when parents mastered required skills

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	Individual

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Behavioral	ECBI-intensity score	4	42	YT0: 170.30; YC0: 172.90; YT1: 117.60; YC1: 117.60; SDT0: 26.40; SDC0: 25.80; SDT1: 40.40; SDC1: 34.10; NT0: 37; NC0: 27; NT1: 22; NC1: 20
Complete sample	Behavioral	ECBI-problem score	4	42	YT0: 21.90; YC0: 21.20; YT1: 10.90; YC1: 10.90; SDT0: 6.50; SDC0: 6.10; SDT1: 9.60; SDC1: 8.00; NT0: 37; NC0: 27; NT1: 22; NC1: 20

Study	Schuhmann, Elena M., Rebecca C. Foote, Sheila M. Eyberg, Stephen R. Boggs, and James Algina. "Efficacy of parent-child interaction therapy: Interim report of a randomized trial with short-term maintenance." Journal of clinical child psychology 27, no. 1 (1998): 34-45.