LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Sam ple Characteristics.............................................................. 34 2. Scores on Measures Used to Compare Participants............................. 49 3. Reliability for the DPICS II Parent Categories Combined Across Situation and Group................................................................. 52 4. Reliability for the DPICS II Child Categories Combined Across Situation and G roup................................................................. 54 5. Mean Frequency of DPICS II Summary Variables for Clinic-Referred and Comparison Father-Child Dyads Summed Across Situations........... 57 6. Correlations Between the DPICS II Variables and Scores on the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory and the Parental Locus of Control Scale-Short Form .................................................................... 60 7. Correlations Between the DPICS II Summary Variables and Scores on the Parenting Stress Index......................................................... 61 8. Categories of the Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System (D P IC S)............................................................................ 77 9. Categories of the Dyadic Parent-Child Coding System II (DPICS-H) ..... 78 10. DPICS II Parent Summary Variables............................................ 80 11. DPICS II Child Summary Variables............................................. 81 12. Reliability Estimates for the DPICS II Parent Categories Across Situations for the Clinic-Referred and Comparison Groups................. 82 13. Reliability Estimates for the DPICS II Child Categories Across Situations for the Clinic-Referred and Comparison Groups................. 84 14. Mean Frequency of DPICS II Parent Categories and Summary Variables for Referred and Non-referred Father-Child Dyads in the Child Directed Interaction................................................... 86 iv