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Petry, Nancy M.; Weinstock, Jeremiah; Alessi, Sheila M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: Contingency management (CM) is efficacious in reducing drug use. Typically, reinforcers are provided on an individual basis to patients for submitting drug-negative samples. However, most treatment is provided in a group context, and poor attendance is a substantial concern. This study evaluated whether adding CM to group-based…
Descriptors: Counseling Objectives, Contingency Management, Drug Use, Patients
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Donlin, Wendy D.; Knealing, Todd W.; Needham, Mick; Wong, Conrad J.; Silverman, Kenneth – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
This study assessed whether attendance rates in a workplace predicted subsequent outcome of employment-based reinforcement of cocaine abstinence. Unemployed adults in Baltimore methadone programs who used cocaine (N = 111) could work in a workplace for 4 hr every weekday and earn $10.00 per hour in vouchers for 26 weeks. During an induction…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Cocaine, Patients, Multiple Regression Analysis