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Clinical Applications of Direct Behavioral Observation

A Look at the Past and the Future

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Advances in Clinical Child Psychology

Part of the book series: Advances in Clinical Child Psychology ((ACCP,volume 7))

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The direct observation of behavior—a method of data collection used in research and clinical practice—has a long tradition in the history of psychology. It has been used to study the child in the natural environment, mother-infant interactions, and teacher-student interactions. Its use in clinical work is most closely related with behavioral approaches to therapy. This close relationship could have been anticipated since methods of clinical assessment typically follow from one’s theoretical approaches to therapy.

[Since] there are no “shortcuts” in clinical assessment, a useful understanding of the child’s problem behavior can only be obtained by focusing on the child’s behavior interactions with his various social environments. (Wahler, House, & Stambaugh, 1976, p. 1)

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Wasik, B.H. (1984). Clinical Applications of Direct Behavioral Observation. In: Lahey, B.B., Kazdin, A.E. (eds) Advances in Clinical Child Psychology. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9817-2_5

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