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Kendall, Philip C.; Finch, A. J., Jr. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
A 9-year-old impulsive boy was treated with a combination of verbal self-instructions and response cost. The program was sequentially applied to inappropriate "switches" in each of three target behaviors (topics, games, rules) according to a multiple baseline design. Positive change in all of the target behaviors was evident at posttreatment.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Case Studies
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Wishnoff, Robert – Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 1977
The focus on treatment for the dysfunctional couple only has excluded a sizable population of troubled individuals from receiving service. If the self-management principles developed from the cognitive-behavioral theories are utilized, a new treatment approach can be realized. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Individual Development
Curran, James P.; Kelly, Ann H. – Journal of Counsulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
The primary purpose of this study was to compare the relative effectiveness of a self-control program that emphasized modification of external environmental-eliciting cues for eating behavior with an induced affect program that was aimed at decreasing eating behavior as a response to emotional states. Results are discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Eating Habits