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In 1974, Patterson reported on the successful treatment of 27 boys with conduct problems using a parent-mediated treatment derived from social learning theory. Since then, several other researchers have reported a partial or total inability to replicate the home portion of that treatment. This study reports on a replication by therapists who were affiliated with Patterson but who did not participate in the earlier treatment. As with the original study, child behavior showed significant change by termination as measured by naturalistic observations, parent reports of symptoms, parent descriptions of the child, and parents' own counts of problem behavior. Analyses of follow-up data from families who cooperated with posttermination data collection also showed that the improvements were maintained through 1 year. An additional set of analyses involving only subjects who completed treatment showed even clearer evidence of change in the target child.

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