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Copyright © 2015 Steven Woltering et al. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Abstract

Neural changes were investigated for children with disruptive behavior problems one year after a treatment program ended. Thirty-nine children and their parents visited the research lab before, after, and a year after treatment ended. During those lab visits, electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded during a challenging Go/No-go task. Treatment consisted of intensive 14-week combined cognitive behavioral therapy and parent management training sessions. For the analysis, participants were divided into long-term improvers (IMPs) and long-term nonimprovers (NIMPs) based on changes in their externalizing problem scores. The results showed early no-go theta power (4–8 Hz, 100–250 ms) decreased for long-term IMPs compared to NIMPs. When participants were divided based on changes in their comorbid internalizing symptoms, effects were stronger and reductions in theta power were found for early as well as later phases (250–650 ms). We provided preliminary evidence that theta power is a useful neural measure to trace behavioral change linked to improved self-regulation even up to a year after treatment ended. Results may have implications for the characterization of children with disruptive behavior problems and may lead to the development of novel markers of treatment success.

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Title
Neural Rhythms of Change: Long-Term Improvement after Successful Treatment in Children with Disruptive Behavior Problems
Author
Woltering, Steven 1 ; Liao, Victoria 2 ; Zhong-Xu, Liu 2 ; Granic, Isabela 3 

 Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA 
 Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 2J7, 
 Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, 6500 HE Nijmegen, Netherlands 
Editor
Małgorzata Kossut
Publication year
2015
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN
20905904
e-ISSN
16875443
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2407659184
Copyright
Copyright © 2015 Steven Woltering et al. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.