In this study, both the semantic and systematic desensitization methods were found to be significantly more effective than the implosive therapy and the control treatments in the modification of phobic behavior among the college student population. (Author)

Methodological problems associated with treatment research on cigarette smoking are explored, and possible solutions are discussed. The main problems considered are the selection and retention of subjects, the measurement of smoking, the design of treatment studies, and the interpretation and generalizability of experimental results. (Author)

Multidimensional scaling yielded three comparable dimensions and the words fell into thematic clusters like those found among the problem behaviors. Results were similar to those reported earlier for the problematic behaviors. (Author/BEF)

Suicidality ratings for 90 patients in a voluntary psychiatric hospital ward are correlated with five possible indices of depression: self-ratings of depression, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Depression scale scores, depressive diagnosis, and alcohol and drug use. Both depression and suicidality emerges in the factor structure as…

Summarizes outcome results of treatment programs for boys exhibiting problems commonly subsumed under the label "conduct disorder." Treatment consisted of training agents in each setting to alter the deviant behaviors of the problem child. Direct observations were made in children's homes and classrooms before, during, and after intervention.…

A modification of covert sensitization is described wherein a malodorous substance, valeric acid, is presented at critical points during scene presentations. This "assisted" technique was applied to 10 successive exhibitionist patients with excellent results. Not only was overt exposing behavior eliminated, but exhibitionist fantasies,…

In this prison-based study four groups of youthful offenders differing in their use of marijuana are compared on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, California Psychological Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Beta. The data are compared with other investigators' data, and the implications are discussed. (Author)

This study reports on the prevalence of treatment for, and factors associated with treatment for serious psychological impairment in urban children, aged 6-18. Two samples were studied: a random cross-section of 1,034 Manhattan families, and 1,000 Manhattan families receiving welfare (Aid to Dependent Children).(Author)

Factor-analytic methods were used toassess contruct validity of the Classroom Behavior Inventory, a scale for rating behaviors associated with hyperactivity. The Classroom Behavior Inventory measures three dimensions of behavior: Hyperactivity, Hostility, and Sociability. Significant concurrent validity was obtained for only one Classroom Behavior…

Single-subject experimental methodology was used to evaluate the relationship between distinct patterns of deviant sexual arousal and heterosexual arousal. The theoretical and clinical implications of a functional independence among various patterns of sexual arousal are discussed. (Author)

Assesses the locus of control orientation within an alcoholic population and relates this orientation to the degree of cognitive dysfunction. Results suggest that female alcoholics, specifically those who need inpatient treatment, may be a relatively more disturbed group compared to alcoholic male inpatients. (Author/PC)

Two treatment components were manipulated in this study: (a) contingency contracting with parents and (b) the order in which problems of varying difficulty were treated. The meaning of convergence and discrepancy among data sources is discussed with regard to individual cases and the sample as a whole. (Author)

Baseline assessments of 64 girls and 158 boys (ages 4-7 years) diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) or early-onset conduct problems, or both, were examined for gender-linked differences in behavior symptoms. Results indicated significant gender differences in behavioral symptoms according to independent home observations. Discusses…

Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) have significant social skills deficits. The efficacy of a child friendship training (CFT) versus a delayed treatment control (DTC) was assessed for 100 children ages 6 to 12 years with FASD. Children in the CFT showed clear evidence of improvement in their knowledge of appropriate social…