Mechanisms of action in youth psychotherapy

The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.

1986 • 68,448 citations

The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.

1986 • 64,210 citations

Cognitive Therapy for Depression

2012 • 9,957 citations

Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior: A developmental taxonomy.

1993 • 9,447 citations

Learned helplessness in humans: Critique and reformulation.

1978 • 6,706 citations

A review and reformulation of social information-processing mechanisms in children's social adjustment.

1994 • 4,892 citations

Emotional processing of fear: Exposure to corrective information.

1986 • 4,816 citations

Hopelessness depression: A theory-based subtype of depression.

1989 • 3,430 citations

Anxiety and Its Disorders: The Nature and Treatment of Anxiety and Panic

1988 • 3,086 citations

Toward terminological, conceptual, and statistical clarity in the study of mediators and moderators: Examples from the child-clinical and pediatric psychology literatures.

1997 • 2,642 citations

Process Analysis

1981 • 2,350 citations

Toward terminological, conceptual, and statistical clarity in the study of mediators and moderators: Examples from the child-clinical and pediatric psychology literatures.

1997 • 2,026 citations

Mechanisms in the Cycle of Violence

1990 • 1,800 citations

Comorbidity

1999 • 1,764 citations

The effects of psychotherapy: an evaluation.

1952 • 1,713 citations

The development of anxiety: The role of control in the early environment.

1998 • 1,290 citations

Psychiatric Diagnosis in Child and Adolescent Suicide

1996 • 1,270 citations

Teacher Ratings of DSM-III-R Symptoms for the Disruptive Behavior Disorders

1992 • 1,264 citations

Treating anxiety disorders in children: Results of a randomized clinical trial.

1994 • 1,047 citations

Development and risk factors of juvenile antisocial behavior and delinquency

1990 • 1,046 citations

Effective psychosocial treatments of conduct-disordered children and adolescents: 29 years, 82 studies, and 5,272 kids

1998 • 1,028 citations

Treating anxiety disorders in children: Results of a randomized clinical trial.

1994 • 1,021 citations

Effects of rumination and distraction on naturally occurring depressed mood

1993 • 966 citations

Effects of psychotherapy with children and adolescents revisited: A meta-analysis of treatment outcome studies.

1995 • 873 citations

Therapy for youths with anxiety disorders: A second randomized clincal trial.

1997 • 810 citations

Multisystemic Treatment of Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents

2001 • 799 citations

Family treatment of childhood anxiety: A controlled trial.

1996 • 796 citations

A Clinical Psychotherapy Trial for Adolescent Depression Comparing Cognitive, Family, and Supportive Therapy

1997 • 775 citations

Family treatment of childhood anxiety: A controlled trial.

1996 • 755 citations

Learned helplessness in humans: Critique and reformulation.

1978 • 737 citations

Therapy for youths with anxiety disorders: A second randomized clincal trial.

1997 • 704 citations

Family preservation using multisystemic therapy: An effective alternative to incarcerating serious juvenile offenders.

1992 • 697 citations

Family preservation using multisystemic therapy: An effective alternative to incarcerating serious juvenile offenders.

1992 • 634 citations

Cognitive-behavioral treatment for depressed adolescents

1990 • 623 citations

Multisystemic therapy with violent and chronic juvenile offenders and their families: The role of treatment fidelity in successful dissemination.

1997 • 611 citations

Multisystemic treatment of serious juvenile offenders: Long-term prevention of criminality and violence.

1995 • 604 citations

Psychopathology Associated With Suicidal Ideation and Attempts Among Children and Adolescents

1998 • 598 citations

Developmental pathways in disruptive child behavior

1993 • 575 citations

Relative efficacy of desensitization and modeling approaches for inducing behavioral, affective, and attitudinal changes.

1969 • 566 citations

Effectiveness of psychotherapy with children and adolescents: A meta-analysis for clinicians.

1987 • 537 citations

Short-term behavioral intervention with delinquent families: Impact on family process and recidivism.

1973 • 533 citations

Psychopathology of Childhood Social Phobia

1999 • 529 citations

Cognitive problem-solving skills training and parent management training in the treatment of antisocial behavior in children.

1992 • 525 citations

A 3-Year Follow-up of Children with and without Behavioral Inhibition

1993 • 521 citations

Multisystemic treatment of serious juvenile offenders: Long-term prevention of criminality and violence.

1995 • 514 citations

Critical dimensions in the choice and maintenance of successful treatments: Strength, integrity, and effectiveness.

1981 • 497 citations

Effects of ruminative and distracting responses to depressed mood on retrieval of autobiographical memories.

1998 • 471 citations

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Adolescent Depression: Efficacy of Acute Group Treatment and Booster Sessions

1999 • 466 citations

Mechanisms of change in multisystemic therapy: Reducing delinquent behavior through therapist adherence and improved family and peer functioning.

2000 • 464 citations

Cognitive problem-solving skills training and parent management training in the treatment of antisocial behavior in children.

1992 • 464 citations

The outcome of psychotherapy with children.

1985 • 456 citations

Social Information Processing in Aggressive and Depressed Children

1992 • 451 citations

Multisystemic treatment of substance-abusing and dependent delinquents: outcomes, treatment fidelity, and transportability.

1999 • 446 citations

Randomized trial of two parent-training programs for families with conduct-disordered children.

1984 • 442 citations

The efficacy of cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal treatments for depression in Puerto Rican adolescents.

1999 • 438 citations

Empirically supported psychosocial interventions for children: An overview

1998 • 419 citations

Critical dimensions in the choice and maintenance of successful treatments: Strength, integrity, and effectiveness.

1981 • 395 citations

Cognitive mediators of aggression in adolescent offenders: II. Intervention.

1990 • 391 citations

Empirically supported treatments for children with phobic and anxiety disorders: Current status

1998 • 390 citations

Effects of ruminative and distracting responses to depressed mood on retrieval of autobiographical memories.

1998 • 388 citations

The lab versus the clinic: Effects of child and adolescent psychotherapy.

1992 • 383 citations

Factors determining vicarious extinction of avoidance behavior through symbolic modeling.

1968 • 382 citations

Predictors of Treatment Efficacy in a Clinical Trial of Three Psychosocial Treatments for Adolescent Depression

1998 • 378 citations

A comparison of cognitive-behavioral therapy and relaxation training for the treatment of depression in adolescents.

1986 • 368 citations

Chronic Course of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents

1992 • 365 citations

Advancing videotape parent training: A comparison study.

1994 • 364 citations

Empirical and clinical focus of child and adolescent psychotherapy research.

1990 • 354 citations

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy With Behavior Problem Children: Generalization of Treatment Effects to the School Setting

1991 • 340 citations

Parent-child interaction therapy: a psychosocial model for the treatment of young children with conduct problem behavior and their families.

1995 • 339 citations

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy of Depression and Depressive Symptoms During Adolescence: A Review and Meta-Analysis

1998 • 339 citations

The efficacy of cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal treatments for depression in Puerto Rican adolescents.

1999 • 337 citations

A bimodal preventive intervention for disruptive kindergarten boys: Its impact through mid-adolescence.

1995 • 337 citations

Self-administered videotape therapy for families with conduct-problem children: Comparison with two cost-effective treatments and a control group.

1988 • 330 citations

A comparison of the relative efficacy of self-control therapy and a behavioral problem-solving therapy for depression in children

1987 • 330 citations

Multisystemic treatment of juvenile offenders: Effects on adolescent behavior and family interaction.

1986 • 322 citations

Family management and deviant peer association as mediators of the impact of treatment condition on youth antisocial behavior.

2000 • 318 citations

The lab versus the clinic: Effects of child and adolescent psychotherapy.

1992 • 317 citations

Effectiveness of cognitive-behavior therapy for maladapting children: A meta-analysis.

1991 • 316 citations

Vicarious extinction of avoidance behavior.

1967 • 315 citations

Depression and attributions in children and adolescents: A meta-analytic review

1995 • 315 citations

Controlled Trial of a Brief Cognitive–Behavioural Intervention in Adolescent Patients with Depressive Disorders

1996 • 306 citations

Living with Children: New Methods for Parents and Teachers.

1968 • 304 citations

RECIPROCAL INHIBITION AS THE MAIN BASIS OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC EFFECTS

1954 • 301 citations

Family process and child anxiety and aggression: An observational analysis

1996 • 295 citations

Anxiety Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence: A Critical Review

1991 • 293 citations

Retrieving positive memories to regulate negative mood: Consequences for mood-congruent memory.

2000 • 293 citations

Comparison of Cognitive-Behavioral, Relaxation, and Self-Modeling Interventions for Depression Among Middle-School Students

1990 • 292 citations

Self-administered videotape therapy for families with conduct-problem children: Comparison with two cost-effective treatments and a control group.

1988 • 289 citations

A bimodal preventive intervention for disruptive kindergarten boys: Its impact through mid-adolescence.

1995 • 282 citations

Advancing videotape parent training: A comparison study.

1994 • 281 citations

The results of psychotherapy with children: An evaluation.

1957 • 281 citations

Problem-solving skills training and relationship therapy in the treatment of antisocial child behavior.

1987 • 279 citations

Psychosocial Impairment Associated With Anxiety in Children

1987 • 277 citations

Empirical and clinical focus of child and adolescent psychotherapy research.

1990 • 276 citations

Long-term follow-up of a cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety-disordered youth.

1996 • 268 citations

Enhancing the effectiveness of self-administered videotape parent training for families with conduct-problem children

1990 • 267 citations

Brief treatment of mild-to-moderate child depression using primary and secondary control enhancement training.

1997 • 256 citations

Long-term follow-up of a cognitive–behavioral therapy for anxiety-disordered youth.

1996 • 252 citations

History of behavior modification : experimental foundations of contemporary research

1978 • 250 citations

Normative comparisons in therapy outcome

1988 • 245 citations

Are Adolescents Changed by an Episode of Major Depression?

1994 • 244 citations

Psychosocial treatments for adolescent depression

1999 • 241 citations

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Standardized Parent Training Program in Altering the Interaction of Mothers and their Noncompliant Children

1977 • 239 citations

Problem-solving skills training and relationship therapy in the treatment of antisocial child behavior.

1987 • 226 citations

Treatment and generalization effects of cognitive–behavioral and goal-setting interventions with aggressive boys.

1984 • 224 citations

Applying the criteria for empirically supported treatments to studies of psychosocial interventions for child and adolescent depression

1998 • 222 citations

Age effects in parent training outcome

1992 • 205 citations

Psychiatric illness in the mothers of anxious children

1987 • 200 citations

Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders in Normal Children

1990 • 200 citations

Are American Children's Problems Getting Worse? A 13-Year Comparison

1993 • 198 citations

Cognitive and family therapies for adolescent depression: Treatment specificity, mediation, and moderation.

2000 • 186 citations

Self-talk in youth with anxiety disorders: States of mind, content specificity, and treatment outcome.

1996 • 184 citations

Effects of Parent Management Training and Problem‐solving Skills Training Combined in the Treatment of Antisocial Child Behavior

1987 • 182 citations

The group desensitization of children's snake phobias using vicarious and contact desensitization procedures

1968 • 179 citations

A course in coping: A cognitive-behavioral approach to the treatment of adolescent depression.

1996 • 179 citations

Influence of Parental Concordance for Psychiatric Disorders on Psychopathology in Offspring

1999 • 179 citations

Psychotherapy with children: A further evaluation

1963 • 174 citations

Cognitive-behavioral group treatment of adolescent depression: Prediction of outcome

1992 • 173 citations

Reduction of children's fear of the dark by competence-related and situational threat-related verbal cues.

1975 • 170 citations

Developmental factors in the treatment on adolescents.

2002 • 163 citations

Predicting future clinical adjustment from treatment outcome and process variables.

1995 • 163 citations

The role of developmental theory in prevention and intervention

1992 • 161 citations

Developing a Research Agenda for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

2000 • 160 citations

The Effect of Two School-based Intervention Programs on Depressive Symptoms in Preadolescents

1980 • 159 citations

OUTCOME EVALUATION OF BEHAVIORAL PARENT TRAINING AND CLIENT‐CENTERED PARENT COUNSELING FOR CHILDREN WITH CONDUCT PROBLEMS¹

1980 • 158 citations

Group Anger Control Training for junior high school delinquents

1984 • 156 citations

Individually administered videotape parent training: ?who benefits??

1992 • 145 citations

Comparison of reciprocal inhibition, psychotherapy, and waiting list control for phobic children.

1972 • 142 citations

An evaluation of parent training procedures designed to alter inappropriate aggressive behavior of boys

1974 • 142 citations

The Context of Depression in Clinic-Referred Youth: Neglected Areas in Treatment

1999 • 138 citations

A randomised controlled out-patient trial of cognitive-behavioural treatment for children and adolescents with depression: 9-month follow-up

1996 • 136 citations

Problem-solving skills training as a supplement to behavioral parent training

1992 • 126 citations

Reduction of examination anxiety and ‘stage-fright’ by group desensitization and relaxation

1967 • 122 citations

Treatment for Children and Adolescents with Depression: Lessons from a Controlled Trial

1996 • 120 citations

Evidence for a genetic etiology of early-onset delinquency.

2000 • 119 citations

Reinforced practice and reduction of different kinds of fears in adults and children

1973 • 115 citations

Studying the "referability" of child clinical problems.

1991 • 110 citations

Evidence for a genetic etiology of early-onset delinquency.

2000 • 109 citations

Family self-control instruction for children's nighttime fear reduction.

1980 • 107 citations

Teacher consultation and cognitive-behavioral interventions with aggressive boys

1989 • 105 citations

Model Building in Developmental Psychopathology: A Pragmatic Approach to Understanding and Intervention

1999 • 105 citations

Social learning and systems family therapy for childhood Oppositional Disorder: Comparative treatment outcome

1988 • 101 citations

A comparison of in vivo and vicarious exposure in the treatment of childhood water phobia

1993 • 99 citations

Effects of stress inoculation on the anger and aggression management skills of institutionalized juvenile delinquents

1981 • 98 citations

Which Depressed Patients Respond to Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment?

1998 • 97 citations

Cognitive—Behaviour Therapy with Depressed Primary School Children: A Cautionary Note

1990 • 96 citations

Relative contributions of modeling, informational influences, and physical contact in extinction of phobic behavior.

1970 • 96 citations

Impact of a prevention program on aggressive children's friendships and social adjustment

1994 • 96 citations

Current (Lack of) Status of Theory in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Research

1999 • 93 citations

Effects of a rational–emotive mental health program on poorly achieving, disruptive high school students.

1978 • 91 citations

Family self-control instruction for children's nighttime fear reduction.

1980 • 91 citations

Relative effectiveness of behavioral versus nonbehavioral child psychotherapy.

1995 • 90 citations

Pilot study on the effectiveness of systematic desensitization with neurologically impaired children with phobic disorders.

1970 • 90 citations

Effects of counselor and peer-led group assertive training on Black adolescent aggression.

1984 • 89 citations

Analysis of selected methodological issues in child psychotherapy research

1995 • 86 citations

Studying the "referability" of child clinical problems.

1991 • 86 citations

Psychotherapy Outcome Research with Children and Adolescents

1998 • 85 citations

A comparison of behavior therapy techniques in the reduction of fearful avoidance behavior.

1974 • 83 citations

Vicarious and direct counterconditioning of test anxiety through individual and group desensitization

1969 • 81 citations

Active and passive participation in the contact desensitization of snake fear in children

1973 • 72 citations

Impact of Problem-Solving Communication Training and Generalization Procedures on Family Conflict

1983 • 70 citations

Consultation-Liaison in Child Psychiatry: A Review of the Past 10 Years. Part I: Clinical Findings

1998 • 67 citations

Contributions of sibling relations to the adaptation of youths with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

1992 • 67 citations

Two-year outcome of children treated for depression

1998 • 66 citations

Strength of theory and theory of strength

1989 • 60 citations

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of Depression

2000 • 58 citations

Are fathers necessary in parent training groups?¹

1980 • 58 citations

Group Desensitization of Test Anxiety in Elementary School

1973 • 58 citations

A Comparison of Graduated Exposure, Verbal Coping Skills, and Their Combination in the Treatment of Children's Fear of the Dark

1983 • 55 citations

The reduction of anxiety in children: A comparison of the effects of ‘systematic desensitization in vitro’ and ‘systematic desensitization in vivo’

1982 • 54 citations

Consultation-Liaison in Child Psychiatry: A Review of the Past 10 Years. Part II

1998 • 54 citations

Vicarious Extinction of Avoidance Behavior through Films: An Initial Test

1968 • 49 citations

An Evaluation of a Parent Training Program

1984 • 48 citations

Self‐administered behavioral parent training: Enhancement of treatment efficacy using a time‐out signal seat

1984 • 45 citations

Relative effectiveness of behavioral versus nonbehavioral child psychotherapy.

1995 • 43 citations

Considering the Clinical Utility of Performance-Based Measures of Childhood Anxiety

2000 • 39 citations

Child Psychiatric Epidemiology

1990 • 37 citations

Behavioral Inhibition as a Temperamental Risk Factor for Anxiety Disorders

1993 • 34 citations

Information Processing in Anxiety and Depression: A Cognitive-Developmental Perspective

1997 • 28 citations

Laboratory and Performance-Based Measures of Childhood Disorders: Introduction to the Special Section

2000 • 24 citations

Psychotherapy with children and adolescents: Efficacy, effectiveness and developmental concerns

1999 • 20 citations

Scaling Structured Interview Data: A Comparison of Two Methods

2001 • 16 citations

Empirically supported psychosocial interventions for children: Progress and update

1998 • 1 citations

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1955 • 0 citations