Mediation of Parent-Adolescent Conflict Through the Combination of Problem-Solving Communication Training and Behavioral Exchange

ABSTRACT

Problem-Solving Communication Training (PSCT) is a treatment for parent-adolescent conflict based upon behavioral-family systems theory. Although research has demonstrated that PSCT is an effective and acceptable treatment for alleviating parent-adolescent conflict, researchers note some possible limitations of PSCT. Our primary purpose here is to evaluate both the PSCT literature for parent-adolescent conflict and the literature regarding Behavioral Exchange (BE) treatment. It is conjectured that BE may address some of the limitations of traditional PSCT leading to the argument that Behavioral Marital Therapy (BMT) can serve as a model for combining BE and PSCT procedures to enhance treatment for reducing parent-adolescent conflict.

KEYWORDS:

• Parent-adolescent conflict
• adolescent
• Problem-Solving Communication Training