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clinic-referred and non-referred dyads. In addition, the association of the DPICS II categories with the ECBI (Eyberg & Pincus, 1999), the PSI (Abidin, 1995), and the Parental Locus of Control Scale-Short Form (PLOC-SF; Rayfield, Eyberg, Boggs, & Roberts, 1995), measures which have been shown to discriminate between clinic-referred and non-referred children when completed by their mothers, were used to demonstrate the convergent validity of the coding system for use in evaluating children with behavior problems and their fathers.
Hypotheses
Based upon the previous study which used DPICS with conduct-disordered children and their fathers (Robinson & Eyberg, 1981), those studies using DPICS and DPICS II with conduct disordered children and their mothers (Aragona & Eyberg, 1981; Bessmer, 1996; Robinson & Eyberg, 1981; Webster-Stratton, 1985), and the study comparing fathers of hyperactive and normal boys (Tallmadge & Barkley, 1983), the following hypotheses were made:
1. Father-child interactions can be reliably coded using the DPICS II, as measured by Cohen's kappa and intraclass correlations.
2. The DPICS II will demonstrate discriminative validity for use with children with behavior problems and their fathers. When compared to non-referred children:
a. Children who have been referred for behavior problems will have a significantly lower compliance ratio.