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Bolt, Daniel M.; Piper, Megan E.; Theobald, Wendy E.; Baker, Timothy B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: This research examined why smokers receiving combination medication for smoking cessation are more likely to quit smoking than are those who receive either single agent (monotherapy) or placebo. Method: Data were collected from 1,504 current smokers (58.2% women, 83.9% White; mean age = 44.67 years, SD = 11.08) participating in a…
Descriptors: Smoking, Individual Counseling, Data Collection, Medicine
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Stiles, William B.; Sultan, Faye E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Verbal behavior in transcripts of psychotherapy was coded according to Stile's taxonomy of verbal response modes. Therapists of different theoretical persuasions used different mixtures of verbal techniques. Common elements that make verbal interaction psychologically therapeutic lie in client behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Counseling Techniques, Interaction
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Harford, Robert J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Examined drug preferences of a group of active multiple drug abusers referred for treatment. Nearly half the respondents preferred drugs other than type they most frequently used. Preferences were related to method of administration. Results suggest preference is one among several determinants of drug use. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Drug Abuse, Drug Use
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Linehan, Marsha M.; Nielsen, Stevan L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
Shoppers completed the Beck Hopelessness Scale, the Edwards Social Desirability Inventory, and a survey of past suicidal behavior. Results indicated hopelessness and social desirability were reliably related to reports of past suicidal behavior, to frequency of current suicidal ideation, and to subjects' predictions of future suicide potential.…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Predictive Measurement, Psychological Patterns
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Peskin, Harvey – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1972
For both boys and girls, all adolescent effects are reversals of significant preadolescent effects. These reversals, predictive of adult health, can be commonly described as a change from a relatively tension-free or conflict-free preadolescence to a reactive and stressful adolescence. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Adults, Behavior Patterns
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Stiles, William B.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Compared specific verbal response mode (VRM) indices with the more global Experiencing (EXP) Scale. Stile's VRM taxonomy was used to code transcribed interviews published in the EXP manual. The strongest VRM correlate of EXP level was the percentage of utterances that were disclosure in form and intent. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Correlation, Disclosure
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Di Nardo, Peter A.; Raymond, Jayne B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Subjects focused attention on actual or imagined stimuli while recording intruding thoughts by pressing a button. Results showed that an internal locus of control was related to fewer intrusions than an external. Actual stimuli resulted in fewer intrusions than imagined stimuli. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Locus of Control
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Cinciripini, Paul M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Process and outcome of a smoking cessation program using behavior therapy along (BT) or behavior therapy plus the nicotine patch (BTP) was studied in 64 participants. Abstinence was significantly higher for the BTP group from the end of behavioral treatment (79% vs. 63%) through the three-month follow-up, with the effects weakening at the six- and…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns
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Kurtines, William M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Reports data on the personality characteristics of alcoholics in two stages of recovery (short and long term). Subjects were administered the California Psychological Inventory and a biographical data sheet. Results of the analysis clearly indicate the existence of differential patterns of psychological adjustment at each stage of recovery.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Alcoholism, Behavior Patterns
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Sutker, Patricia B.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Examined interrelationships among sex, race, drug-use patterns, and personality variables in chronic users of illicit drugs. Blacks were characterized by lower levels of sensation seeking, less psychopathology, use of fewer drug categories, and later drug use than Whites. Use and personality patterns among women differed little from men.…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Drug Abuse, Drug Use
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Matarazzo, Joseph D.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
The duration of utterance, latency, and interruption speech behavior of 30 young job applicants was studied under three speaking conditions. In the third condition, the employment interview, a number of positive correlations emerged. Verbal IQ is positively correlated with a speaker's mean duration of utterance, especially when he is discussing…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Correlation, Employment Interviews
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Brown, Sandra A.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1985
Compared the reinforcement expectancies of adult alcoholics with beliefs of men and women in alcohol treatment programs, hospitalized medical patients, and college students through the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire (AEQ). Results indicated the previously defined AEQ beliefs apply to the alcoholic population and these populations significantly…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Behavior Patterns, College Students
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Walters, Glenn D.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Compared the behavioral correlates of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 4-3 high-point pair and the Overcontrolled-Hostility scale in a sample of university psychology clinic outpatients (N=97). Behavioral correlates of two groups of outpatients were more similar to each other than they were to the group of outpatient controls.…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
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Maisto, Stephen A.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Posthospitalization follow-up data were collected from 52 alcoholic subjects and their collateral informants. Findings suggest that alcoholics who have been hospitalized for detoxification generally provide reliable self-reports of their posttreatment drinking behavior, and that gathering data from collateral informants is an effective method for…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Alcoholism, Behavior Patterns
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Markman, Howard J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Applied a behavioral model of marriage to premarital couples to assess predictive validity of an exchange measure. Results provide evidence that unrewarding communication patterns precede development of relationship distress. Implications for the behavioral model of marriage and development of programs designed to prevent marital distress are…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship
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