The Selection and Design of Control Conditions for Randomized Controlled Trials of Psychological Interventions¶
Mohr, D. C., Spring, B., Freedland, K. E., Beckner, V., Arean, P., Hollon, S. D., Ockene, J., et al. (2009). The Selection and Design of Control Conditions for Randomized Controlled Trials of Psychological Interventions. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 78(5), 275-284.
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- Attention Control Script
- When the coaching arm shows a higher validated-abstinence rate at six months, the contrast now supports a real claim: the content added something beyond being phoned by a caring voice
This sourceExplains that attention-matched controls can hold human contact and social support constant so a between-arm difference is attributable to specific treatment content.
- When the coaching arm shows a higher validated-abstinence rate at six months, the contrast now supports a real claim: the content added something beyond being phoned by a caring voice
- Waitlist Control Schedule
- The design's one non-negotiable: the between-group claim is only about this window — after the waitlist group is treated, the contrast is gone, so no long-term superiority can be read from it.
This sourceExplains that wait-list controls supply an untreated comparison during the waiting period, after which participants may receive the intervention.
- The design's one non-negotiable: the between-group claim is only about this window — after the waitlist group is treated, the contrast is gone, so no long-term superiority can be read from it.
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