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Defining the "disruptive" in preschool behavior: what diagnostic observation can teach us.

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Wakschlag, LS; Leventhal, BL; Briggs-Gowan, MJ; Danis, B; Keenan, K; Hill, C; Egger, HL; Cicchetti, D; Carter, AS
Published in: Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev
September 2005

This paper presents the clinical/developmental framework underlying a new diagnostic observational tool, the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS). The special importance of observation for clinical assessment during the preschool period is delineated. The developmental rationale for a multi-dimensional assessment of disruptive behavior in young children, including problems in modulation of negative affect and low competence is discussed. The ways in which the DB-DOS will elucidate distinctions between normative and atypical behavior during this developmental period via (a) the integration of qualitative and quantitative dimensions of behavior within a clinically-sensitive coding system, (b) the observation of child behavior both within, and outside of, the parent-child context and (c) the use of specially designed tasks to "press" for clinically salient behaviors are addressed. The promise of this new method for yielding a more precise, developmentally based description of the phenotype of early onset disruptive behavior problems and for providing a standardized clinical tool for observational assessment of disruptive behavior in young children is presented. Large-scale validation of the measure is currently underway.

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Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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ISSN

1096-4037

Publication Date

September 2005

Volume

8

Issue

3

Start / End Page

183 / 201

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Observation
  • Humans
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
 

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Wakschlag, L. S., Leventhal, B. L., Briggs-Gowan, M. J., Danis, B., Keenan, K., Hill, C., … Carter, A. S. (2005). Defining the "disruptive" in preschool behavior: what diagnostic observation can teach us. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev, 8(3), 183–201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-005-6664-5
Wakschlag, Lauren S., Bennett L. Leventhal, Margaret J. Briggs-Gowan, Barbara Danis, Kate Keenan, Carri Hill, Helen L. Egger, Domenic Cicchetti, and Alice S. Carter. “Defining the "disruptive" in preschool behavior: what diagnostic observation can teach us.Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev 8, no. 3 (September 2005): 183–201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-005-6664-5.
Wakschlag LS, Leventhal BL, Briggs-Gowan MJ, Danis B, Keenan K, Hill C, et al. Defining the "disruptive" in preschool behavior: what diagnostic observation can teach us. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2005 Sep;8(3):183–201.
Wakschlag, Lauren S., et al. “Defining the "disruptive" in preschool behavior: what diagnostic observation can teach us.Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev, vol. 8, no. 3, Sept. 2005, pp. 183–201. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10567-005-6664-5.
Wakschlag LS, Leventhal BL, Briggs-Gowan MJ, Danis B, Keenan K, Hill C, Egger HL, Cicchetti D, Carter AS. Defining the "disruptive" in preschool behavior: what diagnostic observation can teach us. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2005 Sep;8(3):183–201.
Journal cover image

Published In

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

DOI

ISSN

1096-4037

Publication Date

September 2005

Volume

8

Issue

3

Start / End Page

183 / 201

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Observation
  • Humans
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology