A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Group Therapy for Children

question 32

Multiple Choice

A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of group therapy for children with chronic illness (Plante,Lobato,& Engel,2001) has indicated which of the following?

• A) It is more effective than placebo.
• B) It is no more effective than placebo.
• C) Group therapies focusing on managing children's symptoms and improving social and problem-solving skills were associated with greater improvements than those focused on facts about illnesses.
• D) Groups therapies that focused mostly on providing facts to families about specific illnesses were associated with greater improvements than those focused on improving social and problem-solving skills.

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Definitions:

Dishabituation

The process by which a previously habituated response is restored because of the presentation of a new stimulus.

Novel Stimulus

A new or unfamiliar stimulus that requires an individual to process and potentially adapt to it, often used in psychological studies to measure response or attentiveness.

Consequent

In logic, the latter part of a conditional statement, the outcome or result that follows the condition specified in its antecedent.

Antecedent

In logic and grammar, the preceding statement or element that provides the context for a subsequent statement or element.