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An Employee Incentive Program to Reduce Cigarette Smoking
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Rosen, Gerald M.; Lichtenstein, Edward – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Questionnaire and telephone interview data were obtained to evaluate an employee incentive program that rewarded nonsmokers with monthly salary bonuses. The program was moderately successful and generally well accepted, although some procedural difficulties occurred. Group-environmental approaches to reduce smoking deserve further attention.…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Employer Employee Relationship, Incentives, Program Descriptions
Situational Management, Standard Setting, and Self-Reward in a Behavior Modification Weight Loss Program.
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Chapman, Stanley L.; Jeffrey, D. Balfour – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
In comprehensive wieght loss program, overweight women exposed to instruction in self-standard setting and to situational management techniques lost more weight than those instructed only in situational management techniques. Findings illustrate facilitative effect of teaching individuals to set specific, objective, and realistic goals for eating…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Standards, Body Weight, Conditioning
Behavioral Self-control of Smoking Through Aversive Conditioning and Self-management
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Conway, John B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Smokers (N = 90) were assigned to 10 treatment conditions; another 20 smokers were included in a no-apply control group. The treatment effects of aversive conditioning were negligible, and in some instances they were surpassed by the effects of controls for nonspecific treatment factors and placebo effects. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Conditioning, Helping Relationship
Detrimental Effects of a Self-reward Contracting Program on Subjects' Involvement in Self-administered Desensitization
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Barrera, Manuel Jr.; Rosen, Gerald M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Assesses a self-reward contracting procedure intended to facilitate completion of self-administered desensitization. Self-referred snake phobics received either (a) self-administered desensitization; (b) self-administered desensitization with self-reward contracting; or (c) a self-administered placebo with self-reward contracting. Results show the…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Counseling Effectiveness, Desensitization, Operant Conditioning
Use of Covert Self-Instruction for the Elimination of Psychotic Speech
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Meyers, Andrew; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
A covert self-instructional program was used to reduce the frequency of a hospitalized chronic schizophrenic's inappropriate verbalizations. A marked reduction in the frequency of the target behavior accompanied the treatment intervention, and improved verbal behavior was directly responsible for the decision to discharge the subject from the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Contingency Management
Self-Reinforcement Style and Covert Imagery in the Treatment of Obesity
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Bellack, Alan S.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
Self-reinforcement through positive or aversive covert imagery was studied in obesity treatment. Subjects were randomly assigned to no-imagery, self-punishment followed by self-reward, and self-reward followed by self-punishment conditions. Neither order nor kind of reinforcement made any difference. Both reinforcement groups were superior to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Imagery, Negative Reinforcement