Reviews the assumptions about processes that maintain bulimic behavior. Makes specific treatment package recommendations on the basis of selected outcome literature. Addresses special issues, such as Axis II diganosis, hospitalization, and psychopharmaceutics. (Author)

Administered the Eating Inventory and the Profile of Mood States (POMS) to smoking subjects assigned to cigarette abstinence or to continued smoking. Found abstinent smokers with high Disinhibition Scale scores overate more than did nonabstinent smokers or abstinent smokers with lower scores when participating in a subsequent ice cream tasting…

A device used to prevent drivers from falling asleep dramatically reduced stereotypic rocking in a 21-year-old blind student in a residential school. His rocking had been a chief obstacle to employment and acceptance into mainstream society. Follow-up data indicated maintenance of the low level of rocking and positive social changes. (Author/VW)

The article discusses areas of behavioral gerontology that would profit from additional research, such as self-management, community caregiver training, and geriatric behavioral pharmacology. Considerations for adapting behavioral procedures for the elderly are discussed, and suggestions for expanding the role of behavior analysis in geriatric…

Theoretical and empirical support for a preliminary causal model of the role of the self-system in self-regulated learning is presented. The model hypothesizes that the reciprocal relationship between the processes involved, such as self-evaluation and control, can bring change that influences motivation, self regulatory processes, and task…

A study of family patterns and their relationship to television-viewing and children's development clearly indicate the combined influences of parental styles and television on emerging cognitive and behavioral tendencies. Television-viewing, although potentially positive with limited use and appropriate programing, generally predicts negative…

The differences in school demands between elementary and junior high settings are identified, and a curriculum is offered to facilitate the transition for exceptional students. The curriculum outlines academic skills, self-management/study skills, and social/adaptive behavior skills. A sample lesson plan is included. (CL)

Argues that teachers can help students become better comprehenders by helping them learn to know when they understand what they are reading and what to do when they do not. (FL)

In learning-centered classrooms, the emphasis of classroom management shifts from maintaining behavioral control to fostering student engagement and self-regulation as well as community responsibility. This brief describes classroom management in "learning centered" classrooms, where practices are consistent with recent research knowledge about…

This booklet is designed to help distance learning participants learn to work independently, be self-disciplined, take responsibility for their own work, study, and manage their time. It describes the support built into the distance learning program, such as the instructor, advisor, e-mail partner, supervisor, and program coordinator. Advantages…

The goal of this book is to provide caregivers with interventions, treatment options, and treatment plans for teaching aggressive youth how to replace unhealthy, anti-social, and destructive behaviors with healthy, socially acceptable, and safe behaviors. The first part of the book defines what aggression is and introduces and discusses two…

Setting limits is one of the most difficult challenges parents face. In this 27-minute videotape, renowned pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton shows parents that setting limits is not punishment, but rather a loving way to teach a child how to control his or her own behavior. Highlighting parents interacting with their infants and toddlers in a…

The activities in this teacher's manual are designed to help challenge the notion that adolescents think the use of alcohol is part of the growing up experience. It is geared towards activities with middle school students that reinforce to students that they have the potential to control their own lives and make healthy choices. It suggests…

Discusses the problem of making weight in the sport of wrestling and analyzes body functions as they relate to sports. (RK)

Article attempts to reduce some of the misunderstanding about contemporary humanism and behaviorism and intensively analyzes the psychology of the individual. (Author/RK)