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Abikoff, Howard; Gallagher, Richard; Wells, Karen C.; Murray, Desiree W.; Huang, Lei; Lu, Feihan; Petkova, Eva – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013
Objective: The study compared the efficacy of 2 behavioral interventions to ameliorate organization, time management, and planning (OTMP) difficulties in 3rd- to 5th-grade children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Method: In a dual-site randomized controlled trial, 158 children were assigned to organizational skills training…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, After School Programs, Time Management, Grade 3
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Litt, Mark D.; Kadden, Ronald M.; Kabela-Cormier, Elise; Petry, Nancy – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
The aim of this study was to determine whether a socially focused treatment can effect change in the patient's social network from one that reinforces drinking to one that reinforces sobriety. Alcohol dependent men and women (N = 210) recruited from the community were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 outpatient treatment conditions: network support…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Social Networks, Drinking, Reinforcement
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Comer, Jonathan S.; Furr, Jami M.; Beidas, Rinad S.; Weiner, Courtney L.; Kendall, Philip C. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
This study examined associations between televised news regarding risk for future terrorism and youth outcomes and investigated the effects of training mothers in an empirically based approach to addressing such news with children. This approach--Coping and Media Literacy (CML)--emphasized modeling, media literacy, and contingent reinforcement and…
Descriptors: Terrorism, Mothers, Coping, Media Literacy
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Petry, Nancy M.; Alessi, Sheila M.; Marx, Jacqueline; Austin, Mark; Tardif, Michelle – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
Contingency management (CM) interventions usually use vouchers as reinforcers, but a new technique awards chances of winning prizes. This study compares these approaches. In community treatment centers, 142 cocaine- or heroin-dependent outpatients were randomly assigned to standard treatment (ST), ST with vouchers, or ST with prizes for 12 weeks.…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Contingency Management, Intervention, Patients