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Midgley, Nick. "Child psychotherapy and research : bridging the gap." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2014. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/64306/.

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Many authors have commented on the perceived gap between psychotherapy research and clinical practice, but with the rise of 'evidence-based practice' over the past decade, this gap has become more problematic. Whilst funders of services increasingly emphasise the importance of practice being informed by the best available research evidence, clinicians have become concerned with the way in which clinical and service-level decisions are based on an overly narrow definition of 'evidence'. Psychodynamic therapists have been especially cautious about 'evidence-based practice', arguing that the methodologies used are not appropriate for this type of therapy. Clinicians working with children have also been concerned that there is limited funding available to evaluate therapy with young people, and that the approaches used are often transposed from studies with adults, without attention to whether they are developmentally appropriate. This PhD by Published Works brings together a series of papers published between 2003 and 2014, which engage with these topics. They address issues of methodology and policy, as well as providing examples of attempts to 'bridge the gap' using both primary research and secondary reviews of the existing literature. The papers are mostly presented in chronological order, and have been organised into three sections. Part one, 'Incorporating qualitative research methods into child psychotherapy', includes three papers that deal conceptually and practically with the issue of identifying appropriate research methods for investigating child psychotherapy. The papers in part two, 'The case study as a method of research in child psychotherapy', examine the traditional method of investigating child psychotherapy, and explore the pros and cons of this approach. The final section, 'Engaging with the evidence-base for psychoanalytic child psychotherapy’, offers an approach to evaluation that draws on a range of methodologies, and thereby engages with evidence-based practice whilst also offering a critique of current approaches.

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Crescenzo, Melissa A. Meyers Adena Beth Graybill Daniel Franklin. "Understanding how psychotherapy benefits children in real world practice exploration of mechanisms for meaningful change /." Normal, Ill. : Illinois State University, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1432799271&SrchMode=2&sid=7&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1216223577&clientId=43838.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2007.
Title from title page screen, viewed on July 16, 2008. Dissertation Committee: Adena Meyers, Dan Graybill (co-chairs), Matthew Hesson-McInnis, Susan Bellas. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-180) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Yeung, Yuk-yin Arras. "Children village [for psychotherapy]." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2594793x.

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Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000.
Includes special study report entitled: Psycho neuro immunology : the role of the built environment in healing. Includes bibliographical references.

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Dunn, Candice J. "Reducing the premature termination of children from psychotherapy through research based program evaluation." Open access to IUP's electronic theses and dissertations, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2069/76.

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Widgery, Camilla. "Working with parents and carers within psychodynamic child and adolescent psychotherapy." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/502.

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This dissertation uses a modified systematic literature review to look at working with parents and carers within child and adolescent psychotherapy, and to consider this tasks relationship to therapeutic outcomes for children and adolescents. The topic is important because psychotherapy with children and adolescents inevitably involves additional relationships. The literature indicates the way this undertaking has been regarded has varied through the history of psychodynamic child and adolescent psychotherapy. Numerous writers reflect on the ongoing neglect and absence of systematic thinking in relation to the task of work with parents and carers. This lack of attention is understood to have been influenced by the traditional model of child and adolescent psychotherapy where the source of the child or adolescent’s distress or difficulty was regarded as being primarily intrapsychic. What is now known regarding the current and active nature of the child or adolescent’s relationship with the parent or carer, and the power and persistence of the parent-child bond has resulted in an acknowledgement of the need for a more equitable balance of focus between internal and external factors. In acknowledging that the external can no longer be seen as peripheral there are compelling clinical reasons to work with parents and carers. This undertaking should not be seen as dependant on the therapist’s orientation or interest. The significant scope of possibilities for work with parents and carers within child and adolescent psychotherapy is explored; however there is a lack of data relating to the clinical effectiveness of these approaches. The future need is for systematic thinking, and the development of practice guidelines for this clinical task.

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Goldstein, Avery E. "The effects of child behavior on parent behavior." Scholarly Commons, 1989. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3463.

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Clinical intervention with behavior problem children has traditionally focused on the ways in which parents modify the behavior of their children. This study examined this unidirectional approach in reverse, by investigating the effects of children's behavior on their parents. In a laboratory setting 18 boys, aged 8-12 years old, interacted with their mothers in a structured and unstructured task situation. I taught the children in the experimental group (n = 9) to maintain eye contact and smile while speaking, say thank you, avoid provocation, and ask for help and feedback. Unfortunately, the training failed to reliably carry over to the task sessions with the mothers. But, children in the experimental group exhibited significantly less noncompliance and negative interaction than children in the control group. Parents of children in the experimental group exhibited significantly less noncompliance and negative verbal and behavioral contact than control group parents.

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Lanyado, Monica. "A series of publications in the field of child psychotherapy." Thesis, University of East London, 2001. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3869/.

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Preceded by a statement, thesis by publication of the following works: 1. Statement in support of application for Ph.D. by published work. 2. The traumatisation of children'(1999) Ch. 19 from The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: Psychoanalytic Approaches. Eds Lanyado and Home. London: Routledge. 3. 'Surviving Trauma dilemmas in the psychotherapy of traumatized children' (1985). British Journal of Psychotherapy Vol 2 (1). 4. 'Variations on the theme of transference and counter-transference in the treatment of a ten year old boy' (1989). Journal of Child Psychotherapy Vol 15 (2). 5. 'Putting theory into practice: struggling with perversion and chaos in the analytic process'. (1991) Journal of Child Psychotherapy Vol 17 (1). 6. 'Understanding boys who sexually abuse other children: a clinical illustration'. (1995). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Vol 9 (3). 7. 'Winnicott's children: the holding environment and therapeutic communication in brief and non-intensive work'. (1996) Journal of Child Psychotherapy Vol 22 (3). 8. 'Fenomeni transtzional e cambiamento psychico: il ruolo del transfert e della relazione 'attuale' nel passaggio dall'affidamento al'adozione.' (2000) (Transitional phenomena and psychic change: the roles of transference and the 'present relationship' as seen in the therapy of children moving from fostering to adoption) Richard e Piggle 8.3.2000. 9. 'Holding and letting go: some thoughts about the process of ending therapy'. (1999) Journal of Child Psychotherapy Vol 25 (3). 10. 'Daring to try again: the hope and pain of forming new attachments' (2001) Therapeutic Communities Vol 22 (1). 11. 'The symbolism of the story of Lot and his wife: the function of the 'present relationship' and non-interpretative aspects of the therapeutic relationship in facilitating change'. (2001). Journal of Child Psychotherapy Vol 27 (1).

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Barrows, Paul Singleton. "A series of publications in the field of child psychotherapy." Thesis, University of East London, 2001. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3870/.

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Preceded by a supporting statement, chapters reflecting on key publications by the author in child and adult psychotherapy. Chapter 1. 'Oedipal issues at 4 and 44' (1995) Chapter 2. ' Soiling children; the oedipal configuration' (1996) Chapter 3. 'Individual psychotherapy for children in care' (1996) Chapter 4. 'Parent-infant psychotherapy. A review article' (1997) Chapter 5. 'Brief work with under-fives: a psychoanalytic approach' (1999) Chapter 6. 'Fathers in parent-infant psychotherapy' (1999) Chapter 7. 'Facing reality - work with a 4 year old and a 34 year old' (1999) Chapter 8. 'Making the case for dedicated infant mental health services' (2000) Chapter 9. 'The use of stories as autistic objects' (2001) Chapter 10. 'The aims of child psychotherapy: a Kleinian perspective' (2001).

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Crane, Sarah Becker. "Therapists' descriptions of their beliefs and practices regarding engaging resistant caregivers and adolescents : a project based upon an independent investigation /." View online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5877.

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Cheesman, C. "The presented case study aims to demonstrate the efficacy of psychotherapy with a child previously treated with medication." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007730.

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The impetus for using the therapy with J.B. for this study was primarily the challenge inherent in the situation from the moment the parents and J.B. arrived for their family interview and assessment. They had been through many professionals by then, and much medication. They were sceptical of our intervention, since nothing to date had relieved the situation, and J.B. still had outbursts of rage towards his mother, he was still expressing suicidal ideation and anxiety. The challenge was particularly in relation to the mother, who had great difficulty conceptualising J.B. 's problems as being emotional and relational in nature - she was infinitely more comfortable with physiological interpretations of everything. This had the effect on the therapist and the supervisor of frequently reassuring their belief in psychotherapy as the treatment of choice in this case, or if in fact there was a lurking 'disease ' or organic cause to the child's behaviour. The pressure was thus considerable in this respect, despite the fact that the child had been examined physically and nothing found. This study aims to demonstrate the efficacy of psychotherapy, and the changes that took place, with this patient who was previously treated with medication.

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Olckers, Patonia Geraldine. "The knowledge, skills and attributes of facilitators of psychotherapeutic groups for children." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&amp.

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Because children have different needs and function differently from adults, special training for leaders of children's groups is required. Child group psychotherapy is a unique treatment modality and it requires specific facilitation skills. The primary objective of child group psychotherapy is to improve the child's immediate adaptation to his or her life situation, build ego strength and teach problem-solving skills. The aim of the study was to explore the knowledge, skills and attributes of facilitators of psychotherapeutic groups for children.

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Packard, Anna Elise. "Parent Functioning and Child Psychotherapy Outcomes: Predicting Outcomes in Usual Care." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2009. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2311.

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A prominent need in the youth psychotherapy literature includes the examination of mechanisms of change within the context of "real world" clinical settings, where the practice of psychotherapy differs significantly from that in controlled clinical trials. In examining mechanisms of change in youth psychotherapy, variables related to parent functioning may be among the most important factors to consider in predicting and promoting good child outcomes. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate three important aspects of parent functioning—psychological symptom distress, interpersonal relations, and social role performance—as potential predictors of successful treatment outcomes in a traditional community outpatient treatment setting for children and adolescents. Further, this study examined whether parents indirectly benefited from their children receiving services, expanding our view on the scope and benefits inherent in youth psychotherapy. Parent Symptom Distress, Interpersonal Relations, and Social Role performance were measured using the domains of the Outcome Questionnaire 45 (OQ-45; Lambert et al., 2004), and youth treatment outcomes were measured using the parent and self-report versions of the Youth-Outcome Questionnaire (Y-OQ; Burlingame, Wells, Lambert, & Cox, 2004; Y-OQ-SR; Wells, Burlingame & Rose, 2003). Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling with this sample of 339 youth, aged 4-17 and their parents, this study examined the relationship between these parent domains and youth progress in therapy. Results revealed that parent Symptom Distress and Social Role performance improved significantly over the course of youth treatment. Further, Social Role performance at intake significantly predicted the rate of change in parent-reported youth outcome; and Interpersonal Relations at intake significantly predicted rate of change in youth-reported outcome. Finally, changes in parent Social Role performance were associated with changes in youth symptoms over the course of treatment. Examining the associations between these variables is an important step toward identifying potential mechanisms of change in youth mental health treatment. The results of this study provide valuable information on the importance of attending to parent functioning in the assessment and treatment of youth mental health issues.

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De, La Cruz Maria Pura. "From a child's perspective how children in family therapy characterize their families and view therapeutic change /." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID UMI Company copy, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3036591.

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Philips, Janet Francis. "Applications of child psychotherapy to work with children in temporary foster care." Thesis, University of East London, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.532528.

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Briggs, Stephen. "An intensive observational study of five infants at potential risk." Thesis, University of East London, 1995. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/680/.

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This thesis employs detailed naturalistic observations to study infants from birth to two years. The intensive observational method was originally a training method used in the education of psychotherapists, and it is here adapted for the purposes of research, providing the means whereby the adaptation of the infants within the context of their families could be studied in considerable detail. In particular, the qualities of development that were associated with'risk' (and its corollary, resilience) were capable of detailed observation using this method The naturalistic observational method and the interest in developing relationships and relatedness of the infants and their parents required consideration of a theoretical approach in which the data from the observations could be thought about in terms of emotionality. These theoretical considerations are located in the literature of the two paradigms of child developmental research and psychoanalysis, and leads to an operationalisation of key psychoanalytical concepts, especially Bion's container-contained. In conjunction with the data from the observations, a model is developed which forms a conceptual framework for the purposes of structuring the writing of a descriptive case study for each infant. Further, the categories of the 'model' are used to form an assessment grid, which provides comparisons over time and between the infants in the study. The grid is used both qualitatively and quantitatively. The thesis is therefore innovative and exploratory It contributes to the field through developing new theoretical and methodological approaches. The operationalisation of psychoanalytical concepts adds to the understanding of infancy through empirical study.. The thesis also contributes to and extends psychoanalytical theory with regard to infant development. Thirdly, the study makes a contribution to the understanding of the dynamics of risk in infancy, which is of practical use to professionals in the field. Methodologically, the thesis provides evidence for the efficacy of the wider application of this method of studying infancy, which leads to suggestions for future research through the validation of the concepts and categories developed here.

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Dowell, Kathy Ann. "The Effects of Parent Participation on Child Psychotherapy Outcome: A Meta-Analytic Review." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1113511633.

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楊玉燕 and Yuk-yin Arras Yeung. "Children village [for psychotherapy]." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985592.

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Ho, Lareina K. L. "The treatment effectiveness of Parent -Child Interaction Therapy with depressed mother -child dyads." Scholarly Commons, 2004. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2588.

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Maternal depression has a negative impact on child development and the parent-child relationship (NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1999). The purpose of this study was to determine the treatment effectiveness of Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) with mothers identified with high levels of depressive symptoms in comparison with mothers with low levels of depressive symptoms and their children with behavior problems. The treatment effectiveness of PCIT was measured by pre- to post-treatment changes in the quality of parent-child relationship and reductions in child behavior problems, maternal depression, and parental stress. Subjects were 23 mothers identified with low levels of depressive symptoms and 26 mothers identified with high levels of depressive symptoms and their children. Findings showed there were improvements at post-treatment for both groups in child behavior problems, the quality of the parent-child relationship, maternal depressive symptoms, and parent stress levels. Mothers in the high depressive symptoms group reported achieving greater treatment gains when compared to the mothers in the low symptom group.

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Herschell, Amy D. "Evaluation of techniques for disseminating parent-child interaction therapy." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2003. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2975.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2003.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 169 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-62).

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Lahti, Sherrie (Sherrie Lyn). "An Ethnographic Study of the Filial Therapy Process." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332646/.

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Utilizing ethnographic methodology, this study examined and described the filial therapy process to provide an in-depth understanding of the process, the relations in progress, and effects on the parent, child, and parent/child relationship. This study supports filial therapy as a viable option for educating parents in effective parenting and training as agents of change. The results appear to be generalizable to other parents engaged in learning filial therapy since previous research reported similar findings.

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Bradley, Marie Agnes. "No man's land : making a map : the contribution of child psychotherapy to decision-making for Looked After Children in transition." Thesis, University of East London, 2014. http://repository.tavistockandportman.ac.uk/1606/.

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The research is a small-scale study of the potential benefits of Child Psychotherapy assessment of Looked After Children in transition, for the child and for the professional network caring for the child where the child psychotherapist-researcher is part of the network working together to plan for the child’s long-term future. The assessments aim to bring specific understanding of the child’s emotional state and emotional needs, of his perception of what has happened in his life and of the ways in which his development has been influenced by these external events and perceptions. The assessments also explore the potential for the work to help the child make sense of his history and of himself and the assessments aim to be a distinct and essential part of the overarching assessment process which informs preparation of the children and their prospective carers for permanent alternative placement. Four latency-aged children in transition were assessed in an inner-city community-based Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service by the clinician-researcher. using Standard child psychotherapy techniques were used with some adaptations of technique to address the children’s transitional status. The assessment framework included in-depth interviews with social workers and foster carers and information from schools. Process recordings of the assessment sessions are the primary data in this enquiry and these are analysed using an adapted version of Grounded Theory methodology. The depth and complexity of the children’s experiences and their internal worlds is strikingly revealed by the assessments, in new and compelling detail. All of the assessments were highly significant in shaping short and long-term provision for the children. The outcome of the study strongly supports the inclusion of child psychotherapy assessment as part of an integrated, multi-disciplinary assessment process for all children in transition. The method of assessment and of analysis of data transfers well to a range of Looked After Children in transition in the study as well as providing an effective basis from which to communicate clearly and effectively across interdisciplinary boundaries: making possible a more truly representative, responsive and integrated map for the future.

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Barnett, Lynn Elizabeth. "From anthropology to child psychotherapy : cross cultural observations of infants and turbulent environments." Thesis, University of East London, 2009. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3888/.

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The central issue of the thesis is the innovative development of the Bick infant observation method into detailed, long term, cross-cultural video recording. Videos have been made which record individual infant development in UK, Western India, Nepal and Finland. Other observational videos demonstrate how the application of recent developmental theory can improve the care of infants in children's institutions. These are being used for teaching in over fourty countries but it is suggested that more detailed filmed records from these counties, and others, are needed. It is argued that video is invaluable for teaching and conference presentation as it substitutes seeing an actual situation for merely listening to or reading an individual verbal record. Further reasons for using the medium of video are fully discussed. There is a review of previous cross-cultural child development research recognising that it has been lacking in the area of infancy and that regrettably, it is not always included in the teaching of developmental theory. A major issue researched is the effects on children of turbulent environments: an environmental catastrophe (The Chernobyl disaster), the threat of nuclear war, an actual war (in Former Yugoslavia), the breakdown of a political system (in Russia), Day Nurseries and an Orphanage. The importance of human touch - a much neglected developmental issue in the West - is examined and visually recorded in a cross-cultural context as are beliefs about the nature of children. The papers, books and videos are all informed by attachment theory, psychoanalysis, systems theory and anthropology.

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Dowell, Kathy A. "The effects of parent participation on child psychotherapy outcome : a meta-analytic review /." Ohio : Ohio University, 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1113511633.

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Lee, Kasie R. "Child-Centered Play Therapy Parent Services: a Q-Methodological Investigation." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700088/.

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Child-centered play therapy (CCPT) is an empirically supported and developmentally appropriate counseling intervention for young children. Despite the clinical effectiveness of CCPT with children, no known study has been conducted in which parents were surveyed or interviewed regarding the services they have received as a part of their children’s participation in CCPT. Therefore, this study was designed to gain a better understanding of parents’ reported needs and expectations in CCPT. This study utilized Q-methodology in which participants completed a Q-sort by actively sorting 40 items on a continuum of least important to most important. Items included services and processes regarded by CCPT scholars and child therapy practitioners as being important to working with parents. Data was collected from 19 parents of children receiving CCPT services in a community-based counseling clinic. Participants included 16 females and 3 males; 15 Caucasian and 4 Hispanic; and 14 biological parents, 2 adoptive parents, and 3 other biological caregivers. Data was analyzed using centroid factor analysis, and results revealed a one factor solution representing 18 of the 19 participants. Eighteen parents reported similar beliefs regarding the processes they consider most and least important to their experience in working with child-centered play therapists. In general, parents’ beliefs aligned with CCPT philosophy, particularly in regards to respecting children’s natural pace of development and healing. Furthermore, parents shared preferences for play therapists who demonstrate expert knowledge and training and who understand the individual needs of their children. Discussion includes implications for the practice of CCPT and training of future play therapists, limitations of the study, and implications for future research.

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Wexler, Sharon A. "Dangerous connections : maternal ambivalence in psychotherapy between women." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=102233.

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This two-year qualitative clinical study investigates the intea-psychic (within a person) and inter-relational (between people) effect of maternal ambivalence in female psychotherapy relationships. The participants are five, low-income single mothers, and I am the therapist researcher. Ambivalence describes the co-existence of loving and hating feelings. In traditional psychoanalytic theory, ambivalence originates in the developing infant's relationship to the mother and forms the basis of all adult relationships. A mother's experience of ambivalence is viewed as a regressive return to an earlier emotional experience with her mother. Maternal ambivalence is a feminist psychoanalytic concept developed by Parker (1995, 1997). Parker expands the Freudian and post-Freudian object relations concept of ambivalence using the perspective of the adult mother. In Parker's conceptualization of maternal ambivalence, a mother experiences feelings of ambivalence towards her infant and child that are not simply regressive, but are part of her normal adult development as a mother. Each mother's experiences and expressions of maternal ambivalence are affected by her social and cultural context of mothering. Each woman is consciously and unconsciously affected by her psychosocial constructions of maternal ambivalence and brings her beliefs and experiences into the clinical relationship. Through highlighting the narratives and interpreting the transference and counter-transference material, this study shows the impact of maternal ambivalence on the therapeutic alliance of women working with women in clinical social work. The therapeutic alliance refers to the quality of the relational bond between the therapist and client. This population of mothers was selected because they represent a significant group of clients seen in various clinical social work Dangerous Connections settings, such as youth protection, non-profit counseling agencies, and community centers. In this manuscript-based thesis, I present two of my participants' cases as an indepth exploration of my research process, its analysis, and the applicable theories I used. This research process indicates that in seeking to develop a more culturally and gender sensitive clinical practice and therapeutic connections, social workers may benefit from reflectively challenging their internalized psychosocial idealizations and denigrations of motherhood.

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Dixon, Wallace E. "Twenty Studies That Revolutionized Child Psychology." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. http://amzn.com/0205948030.

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Twenty Studies That Revolutionized Child Psychology gives students a systematic look at the process of child psychology research by examining the twenty most revolutionary scientific investigations in the field over the course of the last fifty years. For the second edition, author and child psychologist Wallace Dixon polled an expanded number of experts in the field to determine the most important studies to be included. The result is an updated collection of revolutionary studies that helps students to better understand the discipline of child psychology.
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Tsai, Mei-Hsiang Ray Dee C. "Children in therapy evaluation of university-based play therapy clinical services /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9914.

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Hanney, Lesley. "Family assessment and interactive art exercise : an integrated model." Thesis, View thesis, 2009. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/46525.

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This thesis presents research into the development of a family assessment and interactive art exercise that is designed for children between the ages of two to eleven with complex psychiatric difficulties and those who have been exposed to significant abuse, trauma, and neglect and with family relationship problems. An overview of the field of child development, trauma and attachment is presented. Various clinical approaches and tools that have been used to engage and assess children is then explored and analysed including psychodynamic and systemic, such as art therapists, family therapists and family art therapists. These explorations created the framework for the development of the family assessment and interactive art exercise using an integrative model that is a synthesis of theoretical approaches and clinical assessment tools. The family assessment and interactive art exercise was then applied to four families and the findings evaluated and presented through vignettes, observations and discussions. The results demonstrated that when applying an integrative model of assessment to children with complex needs increases child inclusion, multiple levels of information can be effectively and efficiently observed and assessed and first-rate multidisciplinary treatment plans can be created.

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Kelley, David Bradfield. "Therapeutic factors in a boys' short-term therapy group /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Kaul, James Davison. "Factors related to program adjustment and outcome in a residential treatment program for emotionally disturbed/delinquent adolescents /." The Ohio State University, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487265143146254.

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Peter, Sarah. "Child psychotherapy with children who are medicated for ADHD : discourse, power and interdisciplinary practice." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2017. http://bbktheses.da.ulcc.ac.uk/253/.

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This study empirically investigated the under-explored practice of combining psychoanalytic psychotherapy with medication in the treatment of children diagnosed with ADHD. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six child psychotherapists who had provided psychoanalytic treatment to children medicated for ADHD. The data were analysed thematically and discursively, paying attention to the social and performative functions of language in interaction. The interview material was characterised by double messages of explicit support for and implicit resistance to the practice of combining medication and psychotherapy, thus suggesting that the metaphorical ‘marriage’ of psychoanalytic and psychiatric practice was only superficially well-functioning. This was expressed through three interpretative repertoires – A marriage of convenience, Separate lives, and For the sake of the children – which were employed by participants to negotiate differential power relations and attributions of blame in the field of ADHD. The study found: 1. An unacknowledged paradigm clash between psychoanalytic and medical models of ADHD 2. A dissonance between a proclaimed complementarity between psychoanalytic and psychopharmacological interventions, and an absence of mutually enriching collaboration in practice 3. Psychotherapists appear to be ambivalent and only superficially accepting of and compliant with the medical model of ADHD These findings add to the existing literature by highlighting the challenges of a multi-perspective approach in this contested area. Suggestions are made for practical action aiming to foster open interdisciplinary exchange and debate, and broader public and professional dialogues about ADHD.

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Carnes-Holt, Kara. "Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) with Adoptive Families: Effects on Child Behavior, Parent-Child Relationship Stress, and Parental Empathy." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28403/.

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This randomized controlled study is a preliminary investigation on the effects of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) with 61 adoptive parents. The participants in this study identified themselves as the following: 54 European American, 3 Black American, 3 Hispanic/Latino, and 1 individual who chose not to indicate ethnicity. The study included 23 couples and 15 individual mothers. The CPRT is a structured, time limited approach that trains caregivers to be an active participant as a therapeutic change agent in their child's life. Results from a two (group) by two (measures) split plot ANOVA indicated that adoptive parents who participated in 10 weeks of CPRT reported statistically significant decreases in child behavior problems and parent child-relationship stress. Statistically significant increases in parent empathy were also reported by raters blinded to the study. CPRT demonstrated a medium to large treatment effect on reducing children's behavior problems and parent-child relationship stress. In addition, CPRT demonstrated a large treatment effect on increasing parental empathy. The results of the study provide preliminary support for CPRT as a responsive intervention for adoptive parents and their children.

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Tate, Stephen Lee. "Effect of the Prepare curriculum on the social competency of children in residential treatment." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Laino, Kathleen S. Ala'i-Rosales Shahla S. "An analysis of sample duration in a parent training program." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3653.

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Chan, Tak-mau Simon. "In the name of justice : unraveling the hidden turmoil of sons in family triangulation /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36404536.

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McLauchlan, Timothy E. "Exploring parenting interventions to improve outcomes for children : the impact of emotion regulation and behaviour management /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19827.pdf.

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Kirk, Catharine Rose. "Healing pain : dealing with the impact of therapeutic work with clients who have been sexually abused." Thesis, Keele University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.301328.

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Sorensen, Pamela Berse. "Inside out in America : the translation of Kleinian child psychotherapy into an American university context." Thesis, University of East London, 2004. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3883/.

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Thesis by publication of eight publications. Six out of eight of the articles included in this portfolio were written while in the U.S. The two earliest papers, written while still living in London in the early stages of my career, reflect the newness of my efforts to think about primitive mental states and show the fundamental basic assumption of the Tavistock training culture, that a focus on the inner world is, indeed, of value and interest. This, in itself, cannot be taken for granted. This point of view is both precious and vulnerable to a host of seductive assaults that come in many forms, such as science, popular appeal, symptom relief and profitability. What I have here called "assaults" might be viewed by many as unquestionable standards of the greater good Who can argue with evidence, popularity, feeling better, and staying in the black?

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Creaser, Miriam. "A comparison of audio recordings and therapist's process notes in child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy." Thesis, University of East London, 2015. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/5176/.

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Therapistsʼ process notes - written descriptions of a session produced shortly afterwards from memory - hold a significant role in child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy. They are central in training, in supervision, and in developing oneʼs understanding through selfsupervision and forms of psychotherapy research. This thesis examines such process notes through a comparison with audio recordings of the same sessions. In so doing, it aims to generate theory that might illuminate the causes of significantly patterned discrepancies between the notes and recordings, in order to understand more about the processes at work in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and to explore the nature of process notes, their values and limitations. The literature searches conducted revealed limited relevant studies. All identified studies that compare process notes with recordings of sessions seek to quantify the differences between the two forms of recording. Unlike these, this thesis explores the meaning of the differences between process notes and recordings through qualitative data analysis. Using psychoanalytically informed grounded theory, in total nine sets of process notes and recordings from three different psychoanalytic psychotherapists are analysed. The analysis identifies eight core categories of findings. Initial theories are developed from these categories, most significantly concerning the role and influence of a ʻcore transference dynamicʼ between therapist and patient. Further theory is developed on the nature and function of process notes as a means for the therapistʼs conscious and unconscious processing of the session, as well as on the nature of the influence of the relationships – both internal and external – within which they are written. In the light of the findings, a proposal is made for a new approach for learning about the patient and clinical work, ʻthe comparison methodʼ (supervision involving a comparison of process notes and recordings), and, in particular, for its inclusion within the training of psychoanalytic psychotherapists. Further recommendations for research are also made.

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Rees, Brian Christopher Kern Carolyn W. "Adult client outcomes differences between counselors with education in child-centered play therapy versus counselors without education in child-centered play therapy /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3923.

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Edwards, Joshua Michael. "Child-Centered Play Therapists' Experiences Delivering Shortened Session Lengths." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1404579/.

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This phenomenological study examined the experiences and perceptions of child-centered play therapists who deliver shortened sessions in the clinic setting. Using the phenomenological analysis procedures based on Moustakas' modified Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen method, a coding team of three doctoral students found 10 themes related to child-centered play therapists' (N = 5) experiences delivering shortened session lengths. Each theme is defined and further described using verbatim transcript examples. This study has practical and clinical implications for child-centered play therapist development and training. The results of this study point to the need for further research in child-centered play therapists' experiences delivering play therapy-as-usual. Finally, future research regarding the change process in child-centered play therapy theory is also implicated.

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Fallmark, Gunneli. "Det finns evidens för lek inom barnpsykoterapi! : En systematisk litteraturstudie." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Psykoterapi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-118490.

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Barns mentala ohälsa ökar kraftigt. Barnpsykoterapi med inslag av fri lek, här kallad lekterapi, har under många år varit den traditionella behandlingen av barn i behov av psykoterapi. För att ha en möjlighet att kunna jämföras vetenskapligt med andra dokumenterade behandlingsmetoder behöver evidensen för lekterapi som behandlingsmetod undersökas, stärkas liksom spridas. Syftet med föreliggande uppsats är att undersöka kunskapsläget inom lekterapi som behandlingsmetod inom barnpsykoterapi. Totalt 41 studier har granskats systematiskt enligt evidensbaserad medicinsk metod. Tjugoen av dem poängbedömdes medan övriga 20 delades upp i temagrupper för att visa ett ytterligare djup och bredd av de analyserade studierna. Tretton studier av de 21 poängbedömda fick minst 80% av totalpoängen, gradering I, och sju stycken graderingen II, d. v. s. 70-80% av max poängen. Enligt internationell praxis av gradering av evidensstyrka för slutsatser, visar två studier, eller fler, med ett högt bevisvärde eller god systematisk översikt på ett starkt vetenskapligt underlag som ger god evidens. Som ett bifynd visade sig 16 av de 41 studierna även ha en direkt anknytning till affektiv neurovetenskaplig forskning. Rekommendationen är att använda barnpsykoterapi med fri lek för barn som ska behandlas vid mental ohälsa.

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Hanney, Lesley. "Family assessment and interactive art exercise an integrated model /." View thesis, 2009. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/46525.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2009.
A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, Social Justice and Social Change Research Centre, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Art Therapy. Includes bibliographies.

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Law, Kin-wai Natalie. "An application of Minuchin's structural family therapy in working with a family with children discharged from child care institution : a case study /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1987. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12341484.

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Wheat, Emily J. "The Development of the Therapy Process Observational Coding System - In-Session Involvement." VCU Scholars Compass, 2017. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5009.

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In-session client involvement (i.e., participation in in-session therapeutic tasks) is hypothesized to be a necessary component of youth therapy and associated with positive outcomes. However, research on in-session client involvement has been slowed by definitional problems. At present, the field has not yet adopted a single definition of client involvement that is applicable across different theoretical orientations, which has impacted the measurement of this construct. To remedy this problem, the field needs to adopt a definition of in-session client involvement that includes important components (i.e., behavioral, affective, and cognitive) of this construct that applies across different theoretical orientations and use this definition to guide instrument development. The current study reports on the development and initial psychometric assessment of the Therapy Process Observational Coding Scale – Involvement (TPOCS-I), an observational measure designed to capture in-session involvement for youth therapy. Treatment sessions (N = 895) were drawn from (a) 55 youth (ages 7-13 years; M = 9.89, SD = 1.71; 51.5% Caucasian; 58.8% male) who received standard cognitive-behavioral therapy, modular therapy, or usual care for youth anxiety; and (b) 51 youth (ages 7-14; M = 10.35, SD = 1.89; 86.3% Caucasian; 60.8% male) receiving standard cognitive behavioral therapy for youth anxiety. Sessions were independently scored by seven coders using observational instruments designed to assess involvement, alliance, therapist competence, and therapist interventions. Interrater reliability – intraclass correlation coefficients (2,2)—for the item scores averaged 0.73 (SD = 0.08) and 0.82 (SD = 0.08) for the Kendall and Child STEPS samples, respectively. The TPOCS-I scale and subscale (Behavioral, Affective, Cognitive, Positive, Negative) scores failed to demonstrate discriminant validity from the alliance. The use of two subscale configurations (i.e., Behavioral, Affective, Cognitive; and Positive, Negative) was not supported. These findings are discussed and future directions including measure development in a sample of youth with diverse diagnoses and the use of different perspectives in the measurement of in-session involvement.

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Crafford, Melody. "Attachment and the therapeutic relationship an elucidation of therapeutic process in a single child psychotherapy case." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002464.

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The overall objective of this study was to delve into the intricacies of the therapeutic process and the therapeutic relationship from an attachment perspective. A single retrospective child case study was conducted, which entailed the construction of a narrative synopsis of the process. The hermeneutic approach of a Reading Guide Method was applied, and through a repeated re-reading of the narrative, pertinent themes emerged that shed light on therapy as a process in motion. Specifically, the motion of the therapeutic process manifested through a scrutiny of the therapeutic relationship in view of the participant’s attachment style. The results of this study revealed the capacity of the participant to move away from an avoidant and somewhat ambivalent organisation of defences by virtue of establishing a secure base and exercising her faculty for emotional and self-expression. Accordingly, it can be established that in view of psychotherapy from an attachment perspective, the seemingly imperceptible vicissitudes of change are indeed appreciable.

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Henderson, Alicia Ann. "Parenting Skills as Predictors of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Outcomes: Examining Change in Usual Care Settings." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2013. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4268.

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Youth psychotherapy literature is in need of more research related to understanding psychotherapy process and outcome in child psychotherapy in community settings. The purpose of this study was to examine how key parenting skills were associated with child and adolescent symptoms and outcomes over the course of treatment in an outpatient community mental health system. Much of the research on child and adolescent outcomes has been conducted in controlled research settings, which raises the importance of more research needing to be done in representative clinical practice conditions (Weisz & Jensen, 2001). Further, few child and adolescent studies have examined potential mechanisms of change in child and adolescent psychotherapy (Kazdin & Nock, 2003), including moderators and mediators of the relation between parenting skills and child and adolescent outcomes.Participants included 407 youth, ages 4-17 (mean age = 9.7 years), and their parents or guardians, receiving routine outpatient mental health services in a community mental health setting. The youth sample included 51% males, 49% females. Measures used included the Youth Outcome Questionnaire (Y-OQ; Burlingame, Wells, Lambert, & Cox, 2004; Burlingame et al., 2001), and the Treatment Support Measure (TSM). Data were collected starting at the intake session, each of the first five therapy sessions, then every three weeks thereafter for six months post-intake. Parenting Skills items from the TSM included domains of overreactivity, laxness, verbosity, monitoring, consistency, and positive reinforcement. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to examine changes in parenting behaviors and youth symptoms. Results indicated that parenting skills significantly improved over the course of treatment (p < .001) and best fit a logarithmic (natural log) function, such that most of the reported change in parenting skills occurred during the first few sessions of treatment. Further, there was a significant inverse relationship at intake between parenting skills and Y-OQ scores; specifically, lower parenting skills scores were associated with higher Y-OQ scores for parent and youth report (p < .001; p = .033). In addition, parenting skills at intake were associated with the subsequent rate of change of youth symptoms for parent report (p < .001) and youth report (p = .026). Lastly, improvements in parenting scores were associated with improved youth symptoms over the course of treatment for parent and youth report of symptoms (p = .021; p = .02). These findings can be generalized to other community outpatient settings and highlight the importance of attending to parenting skills as an avenue to improving child psychotherapy outcomes. Specifically, the results of this study emphasize the importance of parents implementing effective parenting skills and its influence on their child's overall symptoms at intake and outcomes in therapy.

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Terao, Sherri Yukiko. "Treatment effectiveness of parent-child interaction therapy with physically abusive parent-child dyads." Scholarly Commons, 1999. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2443.

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The effectiveness of Parent Child Interaction Therapy with physically abusive parent child dyads was examined. Thirty-four physically abusive parents and their children were randomly assigned to either an experimental condition in which parents participated in the intervention or a control condition in which regular family preservation services were offered. Parents in the treatment group reported a reduction in the number of child behavior problems, lower levels of stress, and lower abuse potential scores when compared with control parents. Clinical implications along with future recommendations for treatment of physically abusive parents and children are discussed.

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Schumacher, Amy. "A case study to determine best practice treatment for a child diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder /." Full text available online, 2004. http://www.lib.rowan.edu/find/theses.

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Bliss, Rhonda. "The wounded self anorexia nervosa and pathological narcissism : how the daughter may be used as a parental selfobject and how this may impact upon her development of self and may predispose her to the development of anorexia nervosa and implications for treatment : a modified systematic literature review : dissertation submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Health Science (Psychotherapy), March 2004." Full dissertation. Abstract, 2004.

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