Coping Modeling Problem Solving Versus Mastery Modeling: Effects on Adherence, In-Session Process, and Skill Acquisition in a Residential Parent-Training Program

This trial compared two approaches used to introduce parenting skills in a residential staff training program. Fifty staff were randomly assigned to: mastery modelling in which videotaped models demonstrated new skills, coping modelling problem solving (CMPS) in which participants formulated their own solutions to the errors depicted by videotaped models, or a waiting-list control group. In both, leaders used modelling, role playing, and …