1 The Epidemiology of Child Psychopathology.- 1. Introduction.- 1.1. Definition of Epidemiology.- 1.2. Incidence and Prevalence.- 2. What Is a “Case?”.- 2.1. A Developmental Perspective.- 2.2. Situation Specificity.- 2.3. Defect, Disability, and Handicap.- 2.4. The Perspective of Significant Others.- 2.5. One Working Solution.- 3. Classification and Categorization.- 3.1. Characteristics of a Good System of Classification.- 3.2. Development of Systems of Classification.- 3.3. The World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases—9.- 3.4. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Third Edition (DSM-III).- 3.5. Critique of ICD-9 and DSM-III.- 3.6. Multivariate Approaches.- 4. Results of Epidemiological Studies.- 4.1. The Isle of Wight Studies.- 4.2. Studies of Adolescents.- 4.3. The Inner-London Comparative Study.- 4.4. Preschool Behavior Problems.- 5. Prevalence Rates of Clinical Psychiatric Syndromes.- 5.1. Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity or Hyperkinesis.- 5.2. Conduct Disorders.- 5.3. Emotional Disorders.- 5.4. Other Disorders.- 5.5. Eating Disorders.- 5.6. Stereotyped Movement Disorders.- 5.7. Other Disorders with Physical Manifestations.- 5.8. Pervasive Development Disorders.- 5.9. Specific Development Disorders.- 5.10. Comment.- 6. Methodological Problems.- 6.1. Sampling.- 6.2. Data Gathering.- 6.3. Correlation and Causality.- 7. Toward a Psychological Approach to Childhood Psychopathology.- 8. References.- 2 Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions with Children.- 1. Relation to Adult Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.- 2. A Definition?.- 3. Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies for Teaching Self-Control.- 3.1. Training Tasks.- 3.2. Verbal Self-Instructions.- 3.3. Modeling.- 3.4. Contingencies: Response-Cost, Self-Reward, and Earning Rewards.- 3.5. Role-Playing and Self-Evaluation.- 3.6. Research Evaluations.- 4. Social Perspective-Taking (Role-Taking) Training.- 4.1. Research Outcomes.- 5. Interpersonal Problem-Solving Training.- 5.1. Research Outcomes.- 6. Consistencies across Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions with Children.- 7. Issues.- 8. Closing Concerns.- 9. References.- 3 Experimental Studies of Affective States in Children.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Theories of Emotion.- 3. Procedures for the Experimental Induction of Emotional Cognitive States in Children and Adults.- 4. Validation of Experimental Affect Induction Procedures.- 5. Experiential Determinants of Affective States.- 5.1. Success/Failure.- 5.2. Experiences of Nurturance.- 5.3. Reward/Reinforcement and Punishment.- 5.4. Vicarious Experience: The Observation of Emotion in Others.- 5.5. Summary: Understanding Affect-Inducing Experiences.- 6. Behavioral and Cognitive Consequences of Affective States.- 6.1. Generosity.- 6.2. Self-Gratification.- 6.3. Self-Control.- 6.4. Aggression.- 6.5. Spontaneous Coping Responses.- 6.6. Cognitive Processing.- 7. Factors Mediating the Relation between Affect and Behavior.- 8. Experimental Studies of Self-Implemented and Externally-Implemented Cognitive and Behavioral Procedures to Alter Affective States.- 9. References.- 4 Social-Skills Assessment of Children.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Definitions of Social Skills.- 3. Dimensions of Analysis.- 3.1. Behavior.- 3.2. Situations.- 3.3. Subject Characteristics.- 3.4. Outcome.- 4. Methods of Assessment.- 4.1. Role-Play Assessment.- 4.2. Ratings by Significant Others.- 4.3. Self-Report Measures.- 4.4. Naturalistic Observation.- 5. Conclusions and Future Directions.- 6. References.- 5 Peers as Behavior Change Agents for Withdrawn Classmates.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Behavioral Treatment of Preschool Social Withdrawal.- 3. Peer-Mediated Intervention Strategies.- 3.1. Prompting and Reinforcement.- 3.2. Peer Social Initiations.- 3.3. Peer Modeling.- 3.4. Incidental Peer Influence.- 3.5. Conclusions.- 4. Systematic Training of Peers.- 5. Assessment and Treatment Evaluation.- 6. Generalization of Treatment Effects.- 7. References.- 6 The Assessment of Dysfunctional Family Systems.- 1. Overview.- 1.1. Behavioral Assessment.- 1.2. Systems Analysis.- 2. Couple Relationships.- 2.1. The Oregon Studies.- 2.2. The Illinois and Indiana Studies.- 2.3. Discussion and Conclusions.- 3. The Problem Child.- 3.1. The Oregon Studies.- 3.2. The Georgia Studies.- 3.3. The Tennessee Studies.- 3.4. Discussion and Conclusions.- 4. The Problem Parent.- 4.1. The Oregon Studies.- 4.2. The Pennsylvania Studies.- 4.3. Discussion and Conclusions.- 5. Looking to the Future.- 6. References.- 7 Behavioral Community Psychology: Strategies and Tactics for Teaching Community Skills to Children and Adolescents.- 1. Representative Contemporary Research.- 1.1. Nutrition.- 1.2. Medical Care.- 1.3. Safety.- 1.4. Literacy.- 1.5. Ecology.- 1.6. Work Skills.- 1.7. Developing Relationships.- 1.8. Leisure and Recreation.- 1.9. Consumerism.- 1.10. Summary.- 2. Choice of Treatment.- 2.1. Conceptual Relevance of Treatment.- 2.2. Effectiveness of Treatment.- 2.3. Utilization of Treatment.- 3. A Successive-Stage Strategy.- 3.1. Identify and Conceptualize the Problem.- 3.2. Formulate the Dependent Variables.- 3.3. Collect Data.- 3.4. Formulate the Independent Variables.- 3.5. Disseminate Treatment.- 4. Summary.- 4.1. A Dissemination Technology: Two Choices?.- 5. References.- 8 Drug Abuse by Children and Adolescents: Perspectives on Incidence, Etiology, Assessment, and Prevention Programming.- 1. The Shifting Priorities of Drug Education.- 2. Prevalence of the Drug Problem.- 2.1. Nicotine.- 2.2. Alcohol.- 2.3. Marijuana.- 2.4. Hallucinogens.- 2.5. Cocaine.- 2.6. Inhalants.- 2.7. Amphetamines.- 2.8. Sedatives and Tranquilizers.- 2.9. Opioids.- 2.10. Concluding Observations on Usage Data.- 3. Etiological Factors.- 3.1. Behavior Variables.- 3.2. Classical Decision Theory and Drug Use.- 4. Assessing the Outcomes of Drug Education: Conceptual and Methodological Issues.- 4.1. Purpose I: Knowledge Gain.- 4.2. Purpose II: Attitude Change.- 4.3. Purpose III: Behavior Change.- 5. Prevention Programming.- 5.1. Information-Based Programming.- 5.2. Induced Cognitive Dissonance.- 5.3. Behavioral Group Counseling.- 5.4. Future Directions.- 6. References.- 9 Genetics of Childhood Behavior Disorders.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Etiologic Heterogeneity: A Possible Complication.- 2.1. Selecting Homogeneous Groups by Inheritance Pattern..- 2.2. Greater Homogeneity through Increased Diagnostic Precision.- 2.3. Greater Homogeneity through Sample Definition.- 3. Genetic Analyses.- 3.1. Methods.- 3.2. Examples of Genetic Analyses.- 4. Conclusion.- 5. References.