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Petry, Nancy M.; Weinstock, Jeremiah; Alessi, Sheila M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: Contingency management (CM) is efficacious in reducing drug use. Typically, reinforcers are provided on an individual basis to patients for submitting drug-negative samples. However, most treatment is provided in a group context, and poor attendance is a substantial concern. This study evaluated whether adding CM to group-based…
Descriptors: Counseling Objectives, Contingency Management, Drug Use, Patients
Chivers, Laura L.; Higgins, Stephen T.; Heil, Sarah H.; Proskin, Rebecca W.; Thomas, Colleen S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
Fifty-eight smokers received abstinence-contingent monetary payments for 1 (n = 15) or 14 (n = 43) days. Those who received contingent payments for 14 days also received 0, 1, or 8 experimenter-delivered cigarette puffs on 5 evenings. The relative reinforcing effects of smoking were assessed in a 3-hr session on the final study day, when…
Descriptors: Smoking, Contingency Management, Reinforcement, Program Effectiveness
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Prue, Donald M.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1987
A review of theoretical and experimental literature on school health education indicates that most programs have focused on health knowledge despite conflicting information on the impact of knowledge based programs on health behaviors. Needed are interventions that include environmental engineering to support health behaviors and use of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Activities