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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2010;39(2):220-33.
doi: 10.1080/15374410903532700.

Parent-reported homework problems in the MTA study: evidence for sustained improvement with behavioral treatment

Joshua M Langberg  1 , L Eugene Arnold, Amanda M Flowers, Jeffery N Epstein, Mekibib Altaye, Stephen P Hinshaw, James M Swanson, Ronald Kotkin, Stephen Simpson, Brooke S G Molina, Peter S Jensen, Howard Abikoff, William E Pelham Jr, Benedetto Vitiello, Karen C Wells, Lily Hechtman
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Parent-reported homework problems in the MTA study: evidence for sustained improvement with behavioral treatment

Joshua M Langberg et al. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2010.

Abstract

Parent-report of child homework problems was examined as a treatment outcome variable in the MTA-Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Five hundred seventy-nine children ages 7.0 to 9.9 were randomly assigned to either medication management, behavioral treatment, combination treatment, or routine community care. Results showed that only participants who received behavioral treatment (behavioral and combined treatment) demonstrated sustained improvements in homework problems in comparison to routine community care. The magnitude of the sustained effect at the 10-month follow-up assessment was small to moderate for combined and behavioral treatment over routine community care (d = .37, .40, respectively). Parent ratings of initial ADHD symptom severity was the only variable found to moderate these effects.

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Homework Problems Checklist Factor I score through 36 months. Higher scores on the Y axis indicate more homework problems. Comb = combination of medication management and behavioral treatments; Med = medication management; Beh = Behavioral Treatment; CC = Routine Community Care Comparison.
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Figure 2
Homework Problems Checklist Factor II score through 36 months. Higher scores on the Y axis indicate more homework problems. Comb = combination of medication management and behavioral treatments; Med = medication management; Beh = Behavioral Treatment; CC = Routine Community Care Comparison.
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Figure 3
Homework Problems Checklist Total Score through 36 months. Higher scores on the Y axis indicate more homework problems. Comb = combination of medication management and behavioral treatments; Med = medication management; Beh = Behavioral Treatment; CC = Routine Community Care Comparison.
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