The purpose of this study was to examine the patterns of relational communication that occur during conjoint behavioural consultation (CBC) and explore the relationship between relational control during CBC and intervention outcome. The participants included nine children with identified behavioural problems (ages 3 to 7), the parents and teachers of these children who acted as consultees, and graduate students who acted as consultants. The Conjoint Problem Identification Interview (CPII) and the Conjoint Problem Analysis Interview (CPAI) of the nine CBC cases were coded using the Family Relational Control Coding System. Scores on the variables "domineeringness" and "dominance" were calculated for each participant in order to measure relational control. Improvements in children's target behaviour from baseline to intervention at home and at school, as measured by effect size statistics, was used as a measure of intervention outcome. Consultants exerted more control (i.e., domineeringness and dominance) over the consultation process when compared to consultees. Also, there is preliminary evidence that in general, a higher degree of consultant control is associated with more favorable CBC outcomes at home and at school, while a lower degree of consultees control is associated with more favorable CBC outcomes at home. Results are discussed in light of their practical and theoretical implications.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.30190 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | Martel, Chantal Annie. |
| Contributors | Sladeczek, Ingrid E. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001764859, proquestno: MQ64172, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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