PSYC 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Truancy, Conduct Disorder, Psychopathology

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 412
• Professor: Melanie Dirks

Document Summary

Symptom severity: if functioning is more impair, may not respond as well as those who are less impaired. Youth comorbidity: those with adhd and severe conduct problems will not respond as well. Parental psychopathology: what if the parent is not functioning well either (unable to carry out instructions, etc. ) Cognitive functioning: children with lower cognitive functioning may struggle more. Poverty: families living in poverty may struggle more (dysfunction, chaos, etc. ) Ethnicity: the treatment can be differentially effective across different ethnic groups. Moderators: a variable that influences the direction strength of the relationship between two variables. E. g. age as a moderator of treatment effects: if older children are more likely to get better than younger children. Children were classified as excellent responders (er) or not: dichotomous variable. Yes: children who got medication or the combined treatment 62% were er. In the lower level group: 69% were er. In the higher level group: only 45% were er.