Evaluated generalization of treatment effects from home to school setting in 10 children (aged 31-79 mo) with conduct problem behaviors occurring both at home and in the classroom. Ss' families received 14 wks of parent-child interaction therapy. No direct classroom interventions were conducted. The treatment group displayed significantly greater improvements than a group of 10 normal controls and a group of 10 behavior-problem controls (all controls aged 30-86 mo) on all measures of conduct problem behavior in the classroom. Results in the areas of hyperactivity/distractibility and social behavior were less supportive of generalization. Positive school generalization results contradict the notion that children's behavior in the classroom either shows minimal improvement or worsens following parent training.

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