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Maddox, Brenna B.; Miyazaki, Yasuo; White, Susan W. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Anxiety interventions involving social skills training and CBT for youth with ASD have shown promise, but few studies have examined the effects on social functioning or the maintenance of treatment gains. This study evaluated change in social skills during a randomized controlled trial of CBT and during the 1-year follow-up for 25 adolescents with…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Anxiety
Ward-Horner, John; Sturmey, Peter – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
A component analysis is a systematic assessment of 2 or more independent variables or components that comprise a treatment package. Component analyses are important for the analysis of behavior; however, previous research provides only cursory descriptions of the topic. Therefore, in this review the definition of "component analysis" is discussed,…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Behavioral Science Research, Evaluation, Behavior Modification
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Vogel, Ineke; Brug, Johannes; Van Der Ploeg, Catharina P. B.; Raat, Hein – Health Education Research, 2011
Analogue to occupational noise-induced hearing loss, MP3-induced hearing loss may be evolving into a significant social and public health problem. To inform prevention strategies and interventions, this study investigated correlates of adolescents' risky MP3-player listening behavior primarily informed by protection motivation theory. We invited…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Health, Audio Equipment, Handheld Devices
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Saitz, Richard – Substance Abuse, 2007
About 40 years since the first controlled study, screening and brief intervention (SBI) are being disseminated into practice. But many unanswered questions remain. Studies in this special issue address what we know and don't know about alcohol and drug SBI, cost-effectiveness, patient preferences, education for clinicians, quality performance…
Descriptors: Intervention, At Risk Persons, Health Behavior, Behavior Modification
Black, David R.; And Others – 1982
Individual variability in response to behavioral weight loss programs remains an unresolved and perplexing issue for health psychologists. Determining in advance who will succeed or fail at losing weight would be useful in devising programs that produce a more homogeneous and dramatic response to treatment. In order to examine which responses to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Body Weight, Health Programs
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Gresham, Frank M. – School Psychology Review, 2009
The concept of treatment integrity cuts across a diversity of fields involved with providing treatments or interventions to individuals. In medical treatments, the concept of "treatment compliance" or "treatment adherence" is an important and problematic issue. In the field of nutrition, the concept of "dietary adherence" is important for…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Psychometrics, Definitions, Intellectual Disciplines
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Cannon, Dale S.; Baker, Timothy B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
Follow-up data are presented for 6- and 12-months on male alcoholics (N=20) who received either a multifaceted inpatient alcoholism treatment program alone (controls) or emetic or shock aversion therapy in addition to that program. Both emetic and control subjects compiled more days of abstinence than shock subjects. (Author)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Comparative Analysis
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Sayeed, Sarah; Fishbein, Martin; Hornik, Robert; Cappella, Joseph; Kirkland Ahern, R. – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2005
This paper uses an integrated model of behavior change to predict intentions to use marijuana occasionally and regularly in a US-based national sample of male and female 12 to 18 year olds (n = 600). The model combines key constructs from the theory of reasoned action and social cognitive theory. The survey was conducted on laptop computers, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavior Modification, Marijuana, Predictor Variables
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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
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Ha, Bui Thi Thu; Jayasuriya, Rohan; Owen, Neville – Health Education & Behavior, 2005
Studies have shown family planning adoption is likely to be more effective for women when men are actively involved. The transtheoretical model of behavior change was used to examine men's involvement in general contraception and intrauterine device (IUD) use by their wives. The study was carried out in rural Vietnam with 651 eligible…
Descriptors: Spouses, Family Planning, Contraception, Rural Areas
Mahoney, B. K.; And Others – 1977
Data are from a large scale experimental study which was designed to evaluate a multimethod problem solving approach to obesity. Obese adult volunteers (N=90) were randomly assigned to three groups: maximal treatment, minimal treatment, and no treatment control. In the two treatment groups, subjects were exposed to bibliographic material and…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Bibliotherapy
Erickson, Betty – 2000
This paper discusses the occurrence of challenging behaviors in adult men dually diagnosed with cerebral palsy and mental retardation, the dynamics that underlie problematic interactions with staff and peers, and strategies with which to address these behaviors. The vicious cycle that occurs when a client with cerebral palsy and mental retardation…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, Marion. – 2002
This guide discusses using Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) to find out why a student is behaving inappropriately and to enable the provision of appropriate positive behavior intervention. It stresses that a FBA goes beyond looking at antecedent behavior and consequence to review everything in the entire environment of the student.…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
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Kelly, Jeffrey A. – Family Relations, 1995
Reviews human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) behavioral epidemiology pertinent to planning risk reduction interventions and HIV prevention outcome projects that have resulted in objective evidence of risk behavior change. Key prevention issues of which we still have limited knowledge are considered, and potential ways to incorporate improved HIV…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring
Fanning, Fred; Newman, Isadore – 1974
Based on the assumption that inferential statistics can make the operant conditioner more sensitive to possible significant relationships, regressions models were developed to test the statistical significance between slopes and Y intercepts of the experimental and control group subjects. These results were then compared to the traditional operant…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Theories