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Download full textRedman, Julie M. – 1990
This document focuses on women and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The first part discusses the topic of women and AIDS. A workshop is described and a agenda provided. The role of facilitators is discussed. Materials required for the workshop are listed. The second section presents a curriculum on women and AIDS. An overview of the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavior Change, Females, Group Counseling
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Zakus, Gloria – Adolescence, 1979
Described is a group weight control project with severely obese adolescent girls in a medical setting. Behavior modification principles were utilized with peer group interaction. Significant others had separate group meetings. Small amounts of weight loss were recorded. Dropouts continued to have a net gain. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Body Weight, Dietetics
LaPointe, Karen A. – 1973
Little empirical study has been done on the efficacy of the variety of psychological approaches used to treat depression. The author reviews theoretical points of view: psychoanalytic, cognitive and behavioral, and constructs an experimental design to compare the relative effectiveness of cognitive therapy, assertiveness training and insight…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Experimental Psychology, Females
Peer reviewedKingsley, Raymond G.; Wilson, G. Terence – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Both individual and group behavior therapies were compared to a stringent social pressure comparison program in the treatment of an obese female community population. Whereas the two group treatments resulted in successful maintenance of treatment-produced weight reduction, subjects treated with individual behavior therapy showed substantial…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis, Dietetics, Eating Habits
Peer reviewedZinck, Kirk; Littrell, John M. – Professional School Counseling, 2000
Utilizes action research to examine if group counseling effectively decreases problem severity for at-risk high school students. Results indicate that students reported a significant reduction in problem severity upon termination of the counseling groups and that female students experienced meaningful changes in attitudes and in their relationship…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adolescents, Attitude Change, Behavior Change
Beneke, William M.; Paulsen, Barbara K. – 1977
A total of 150 overweight female subjects entered a behavior modification weight loss program with extension home economists as therapists to determine the feasibility of state extension services as a vehicle for widespread dissemination of behavioral weight loss programs. The treatment, emphasizing stimulus control and nutrition education,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Body Weight, Counseling Effectiveness
