OBJECTIVE This study investigated the reliability and validity of a phone-administered fidelity assessment instrument based on the Dartmouth Assertive Community Treatment Scale (DACTS). METHODS An experienced rater paired with a research assistant without fidelity assessment experience or a consultant familiar with the treatment site conducted phone-based assessments of 23 teams providing ass...

The purpose of the present one-year follow-up study was to describe and investigate the change in the amount of antipsychotic drugs prescribed for ACT (assertive community treatment) clients in Japan. Subjects were 52 clients of ACT from January 2009 to December 2009. Prescription data were collected each month from the time the clients entered into ACT. The results of a Wilcoxon signed-rank te...

Objective: To examine the relationship between temperament, parenting style and behavior problems in preschool children. Method: Data was gathered from mothers of 600 preschoolers using the Child Behavior Checklist, Temperament, Temperament Measurement Schedule, Discipline Style Interview, and Parenting Practices Questionnaire. Results: Most mothers reported using authoritative parenting styles...

Component-based software composition offers a development approach with reduced time-to-market and cost while achieving enhanced productivity, quality and maintainability. Existent work on the composition paradigm focuses on static composition, which is not sufficient in a distributed environment, in which both constituent components and the assembled distributed system are subject to dynamic a...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INTRODUCTION' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 METHOD .© . . . e e . . . .. 0 o a . . . a o . . . . . . 0 . 0 e o o o 5 Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Treatment Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Self-Report Measures . ......... 8 Behavioral Measures „ . . . . . . . . . . . ....