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Forehand, Rex L.; Merchant, Mary Jane; Parent, Justin; Long, Nicholas; Linnea, Kate; Baer, Julie – Behavior Modification, 2011
This study examined effectiveness of a Group Curriculum (GC) for parents of 3- to 6- year-old children with disruptive behavior. The curriculum is based on the book "Parenting the Strong-Willed Child." A total of 39 parents were randomly assigned to the GC condition or a wait-list control condition. Assessments occurred at baseline,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Rearing, Curriculum, Parenting Skills
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Johnson, Matthew W.; Bickel, Warren K. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2006
Relative reinforcing efficacy refers to the behavior-strengthening or maintaining property of a reinforcer when compared to that of another reinforcer. Traditional measures of relative reinforcing efficacy sometimes have led to discordant results across and within studies. By contrast, previous investigations have found traditional measures to be…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Behavior, Consumer Economics, Experiments