TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.............................................................. iii
LIST OF TABLES..................................................................... iv
ABSTRACT............................................................................ vii
INTRODUCTION...................................................................... 1
Direct Behavioral Observation.............................................. 4
Characteristics of Children with Externalizing Problems ............... 9
The Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System..................... 18
The Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System II................... 22
METHODS............................................................................ 31
Participants................................................................... 31
Measures....................................................................... 35
Procedures........................ .......................................... 41
Observers...................................................................... 44
R E SU L T S............................................................................. 47
Psychometric Properties of Measures.................................... .. 47
Differences Between Groups on Self-Report Measures................ 47
Reliability...................................................................... 49
V alidity ....................................................................... 56
DISCUSSION........................................................................ 63
Reliability...................................................................... 63
V alidity ....................................................................... 67
Limitations and Future Directions.......................................... 74
APPENDIX A TABLES.................................................... 77
APPENDIX B SUMMARY OF DPICS II CATEGORIES............ 118
REFERENCES....................................................................... 121
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH....................................................... 131
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