dc.contributor.author	Goza, Amanda Beth	en
dc.contributor.committeechair	Ollendick, Thomas H.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Finney, Jack W.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Clum, George A. Jr.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Cooper, Robin K. Panneton	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Keppel-Benson, Jane M.	en
dc.contributor.department	Psychology	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-14T21:17:48Z	en
dc.date.adate	1999-08-26	en
dc.date.available	2014-03-14T21:17:48Z	en
dc.date.issued	1999-08-10	en
dc.date.rdate	2000-08-26	en
dc.date.sdate	1999-08-19	en
dc.description.abstract	Cognitive-behavioral treatments are the most well-documented, and apparently most effective, treatments for childhood depression. Efforts to translate these findings to clinical practice are thwarted by the large number of strategies (and sessions) included in empirically supported treatment packages and a lack of guidance regarding differential selection of strategies. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of case formulation on the selection of individual treatments for childhood depression. Two hundred thirty-seven Ph.D.-level mental health professionals with knowledge of behavioral and/or cognitive behavioral theory and practice were recruited via e-mail to participate in this study. Candidates were asked to indicate the likelihood that they would select each of 9 cognitive-behavioral treatments based on one of twelve fictional vignettes. The vignettes were designed to represent children of ages 6, 10, and 14, and presenting with depression based on Cognitive Distortion, Social Skills Deficit, or Environmental Deficit etiologies. Three "Control" vignettes, in which the age of the child was varied but no case formulation was provided, were also included. Our results provide confirmation that case formulation is an important step in the treatment of childhood disorder. Participants successfully matched cognitive treatments to cognitive etiologies, social skills treatments to social skills deficit etiologies, and environmental treatments to environmental deficit etiologies of childhood depression. Differences in treatment selection were also noted with regard to age of the child being treated, in a manner consistent with developmental theory. Here, we have confirmed that the case formulation approach is useful in the differential selection of empirically supported cognitive-behavioral treatments for childhood depression.	en
dc.description.degree	Ph. D.	en
dc.identifier.other	etd-081999-194231	en
dc.identifier.sourceurl	http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-081999-194231/	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39181	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.relation.haspart	ABGTITLE.PDF	en
dc.relation.haspart	14cv.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	3chpt1.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	4chpt2.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	5chpt3.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	6chpt4.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	7chpt5.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	8refrncs.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	9tables.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	10apndxa.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	11apndixb.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	12apndxc.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	13apndxd.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	2frontn.pdf	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	Depression	en
dc.subject	Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment	en
dc.subject	Case Formulation	en
dc.subject	Children	en
dc.title	Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Depression in Children: The Impact of Case Formulation on Treatment Selection	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Psychology	en
thesis.degree.grantor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	en
thesis.degree.level	doctoral	en
thesis.degree.name	Ph. D.	en

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Depression in Children: The Impact of Case Formulation on Treatment Selection

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