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Hall, Philip S. – Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1992
Presents Applied Humanism as approach to behavior programing based on six relationship principles (no punishment, ensuring success, independent decision making, logical consequences, gentle interventions, teaching for behavior change) that can be inculcated into all of an agency's service delivery components. Describes how Applied Humanism uses…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Humanism, Models
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Cook, Stuart W.; Berrenberg, Joy L. – Journal of Social Issues, 1981
Introduces a conceptual framework aimed at integrating the conservation behavior literature and facilitating the comparison of findings across studies. Describes seven approaches to encouraging conservation behavior from the theoretical perspectives of attitude change, behavior modification and behavior maintenance. (Author/MK)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Energy Conservation
Sandhu, Daya Singh – 1991
The dilemma of relapse exists for a number of addictive behaviors, and mental health authorities agree that keeping addictive behaviors off permanently is much more difficult than treating the behaviors initially. Several relapse prevention models have been posited and environmental, physiological, behavioral, cognitive, and affective factors have…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Counseling Techniques, Models, Neurolinguistics
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Wilburn, Kenneth T. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1983
Suggests ways counselors can prepare for the one-to-one conference and discusses the proper use of persuasive data, management of the conference climate, praise, and appropriate closing activities. Provides a model for implementing these concepts and a conference check sheet for drill and practice in their use. (JAC)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conferences, Counseling Objectives, Counseling Techniques
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Hayes, Jeffrey A. – Counseling Psychologist, 1991
Explores reasons for lack of behavior change in response to the threat of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), focusing on psychosocial barriers to behavior change relevant to preventing the spread of AIDS. Draws from Health Belief Model to examine five variables: perceived susceptibility, perceived severity of consequences, perceived…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Beliefs
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Tierney, Jeff; And Others – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1993
Describes Boys Town model which, grounded in research on development and dynamics of aggression, targets seven critical skills for creating safe, positive treatment environments that empower aggressive youth to change. Discusses these skills: relationship building components; praise and differential reinforcement; behavioral specificity;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Change, Change Strategies
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Regan, F. Scott – Youth Theatre Journal, 1993
Proposes a model as a theoretical framework for assessing the transformative impact of aesthetic education programs on participating teachers. Categorizes teachers developmentally from six teacher perspectives: their perceptions of artists, children, and art forms; their interactions with and communication about art forms; and their integration of…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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Blechman, Elaine A.; Rabin, Claire – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1982
Describes the Marriage Contract Game, designed to help couples negotiate relationship and task problems in an explicit, rational manner. Discusses the game's conceptual ties to modes of behavioral family intervention and to the social psychology of bargaining. Concludes with an example of the game's application to a distressed couple. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Conflict Resolution, Contracts
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Hutchins, David E. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1982
Describes a method of determining major counseling strategies with the TFA/Matrix system. A taxonomy describes individual patterns of thinking, feeling, acting, and behavior. Descriptions are integrated into four counseling steps. The system synthesizes all counseling data and ranks and sequences major strategies likely to assist the client's…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Classification, Counseling
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Thomas, Edwin J.; Santa, Cathleen A. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1982
Presents unilateral family therapy in which intervention is directed toward changing the behavior of an uncooperative family member through working with a cooperative member as mediator. Applies the approach to the problem of endeavoring to reach and change an uncooperative alcohol abuser. (Author)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Change, Coping, Counseling Techniques
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Connolly, Sean G. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1980
Presents counseling and communication techniques for giving external expectancies the internal direction necessary to facilitate behavior change. Locus of control expectancies provide a useful concept for assessing and influencing the behavior of unmotivated clients. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Communication Skills, Counseling Techniques
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Amatea, Ellen S.; Sherrard, Peter A. D. – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1991
Describes application of Mental Research Institute brief therapy model for working with school children who either do not want to change or feel they cannot change their problematic behavior. Describes assumptions which undergird this approach along with specific working procedures. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Counseling Techniques, Elementary School Students
Faherty, John K. – 1981
This paper presents a review of relevant literature on treatment approaches for the modification of smoking behavior, followed by an outline of an approach developed by the author to decrease his own rate of cigarette smoking. Studies are reviewed which have used various treatment methods: use of electric shock, satiation and/or use of cigarette…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Objectives, Case Studies
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de Shazer, Steve – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1980
Presents a therapeutic procedure designed to prescribe the family's troublesome behavior pattern. A complement precedes delivering a task assignment. The metaphorical task redefines the serious complaint pattern into only one of the many options a family has for dealing with each other. A case study is presented. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Change Strategies
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Beamish, Patricia M.; Marinelli, Robert T. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1983
Describes a behavioral skills training model aimed at decreasing feelings of powerlessness often experienced by women. Feedback questionnaires suggest the training is effective in helping women attain their goals and use more direct forms of power. Cognitive change was a motivating factor. (JAC)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Females, Individual Power
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