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Examining the Effectiveness of an Intervention Package That Combines Behavior Contract and Token Economy in Decreasing Out-of-Seat Behaviors in Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Saudi Arabia
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Manal Alsheef – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) often exhibit disruptive behaviors in classroom, including out-of-seat behaviors, which have been found to negatively affect their overall academic achievement and social interactions and relationships with parents, typically developing peers and teachers, and increase the likelihood of being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
Monetary Contracts in Weight Control: Effectiveness of Group and Individual Contracts of Varying Size.
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Jeffrey, Robert W.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1983
Used monetary contracts to evaluate artificial incentives in weight reduction. Overweight men (N=89) were assigned to weight reduction treatment groups which varied by amount of deposit and type of contract. Results showed group contracts produced more weight loss than individual contracts. Amount of deposit was only weakly related to outcomes.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Compensation (Remuneration), Group Activities, Males
Wellness and Behavior Contracting.
Kittleson, Mark J.; Hageman-Rigney, Becky – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1988
The results of a study to determine whether health behavior contracting was effective in changing health styles among 190 college freshmen are reported. Methodology is described. (JL)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Health Behavior, Health Education, Health Promotion