The results of investigating some specific and systematic relationships between incentive plans and the reduction of absenteeism and sick leave use are examined. (Author)

The author contends that humans are guided by values and principles. He describes a widely accessible and applicable empirically based therapy system. (Author)

Test-anxious subjects (N=19) participated in an outcome study comparing systematic desensitization, cue-controlled relaxation, and no treatment. The treatment groups demonstrated significant improvement on the self-report measures of test and state anxiety but not on the behavioral indices. The potential advantages of this technique over…

Social skills training was used to alter the socially inappropriate and ineffectual behavior of a 17-year old homosexual male. Six training and six generalization role-played interpersonal scenes were used. Results indicated significant improvement on trained social skills components with generalization to nontrained scenes as well. (Author)

Studied with the 10-year-old sister of a 9-year-old girl diagnosed as autistic, and the 11- and 12-year-old brothers of a 9-year-old boy diagnosed as severely neurologically impaired was the effectiveness of siblings as behavior change agents for their behaviorally disturbed brothers and sisters, and the ability of parents to be reliable observers…

This article describes a health education class in which the students actively engage in improving their own health by physical activity and good nutrition. They are graded on the success of the program they undertake by clear proof of better physical condition. (JD)

Investigated efficacy of combining rapid smoking aversion and training in self-control skills for maintaining nonsmoking. Results at the 13-week follow-up showed that the performance of the combined rapid smoking plus self-control program was not superior to rapid smoking plus disucssion. (Author)

Undergraduate students, (N=28), participating in a speech anxiety treatment program, served as subjects in a study designed to evaluate procedures for improbing the accuracy of self-recording. Self-monitored speeches were unobtrusively recorded to enable comparisons between the number of disfluencies that were self-recorded and the number actually…

Studied the role of therapist acceptance of patient values, patient acceptance of therapist values, and value persuasion on outcome among 13 psychotherapy dyads. A strong relationship was found between the patients' acquisition of their therapists' values and their ratings of improvement. (Author)

A follow-up of adults who obtained continuing education counseling revealed the majority made personally satisfying attitudinal or behavioral changes such as returning to school, but did not attribute the change made directly to counseling. Changers scored significantly higher on the powerful others subscale than did nonchangers. (Author)

Discusses the use of a dialectical approach to personality assessment and psychotherapy. Focusing on the concept of change, a dialectical approach would emphasize the person as process, would focus on growth, and would emphasize treatment of clients within the context of other human relationships. (BD)

A teacher may be the first person to sense a potentially suicidal student through observing changes in behavior; it is important to realize the seriousness of the situation and to seek help for the disturbed child. (JD)

An interdisciplinary Sexual Health Services unit has been established at the University of Minnesota Medical School that offers counseling and treatment programs for a wide variety of sex-related concerns and problems. One year follow-up results show positive change in a large majority of cases. (Author)

Describes group therapy techniques involving the whole family of a child with a behavior or learning difficulty. A direct question approach is used, with major responsibility for behavior change placed upon the family. The therapist's role is minimized and the influence of parent expectation on child behavior stressed. (BF)

In this article, the three stages of the Values Clarification process (prizing, choosing, and acting) are described and illustrated by strategies which can be used in the counselor's office or the classroom. (JC)