The purpose of this article is to postulate a psychological mechanism to account for self-defeating behavior, which is also the central mechanism in a new definition of mental health. (Author)

If the term "behavioral" is applied to all theorists who adhere to the canons of science, people like Carl Rogers and Hans Strupp will have to be dubbed "behavior therapists." Important findings, significant differences, and crucial hypotheses are entirely overlooked if scientific data provided by "nonbehavioral" researchers are ignored. (Author)

Flooding and systematic desensitization procedures were investigated for possible interactions with subject arousal level on reduction in phobic reactions. No such interaction was found. Behaviorally and on GSR response, both flooding and systematic desensitization were effective, but only the latter was effective on subjective reports. (NG)

Depression is an emotional dysfunction encountered daily by counselors. This author discusses a step by step behavioral paradigm developed specifically to be employed with moderately depressed persons not receiving sufficient positive reinforcement from their environment. (Author/MPJ)

There has been little research on the effectiveness of behavior modification with groups. This controlled study done in an agency setting found the behavioral model to be an effective method of treating groups of clients with a wide variety of problems. (Author)

Self-referred and court-referred clients were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups, aversive counterconditioning, behavioral self-control training or a controlled drinking composite. All therapies were conducted by trained paraprofessionals and consisted of 10 weekly sessions. No significant differences among treatments were found.…

In a response to Albert Ellis' feature article, the author calls the article "disappointing" and points out several inconsistancies. (HMV)

In a response to Albert Ellis' feature article, the author agrees with Ellis but feels that less time should be spent proving which counseling method is better than the next, and more time spent in comparative research as per clients' gains. (HMV)

The college health professional has a significant role to play with regard to alcohol use and the college student, including an understanding of biomedical, psychological, and social factors, and should provide health education, individual counseling, and treatment for those students who risk becoming alcoholics. (JD)

Describes the involvement of behavioral scientists in agricultural development programs and sketches the contributions behavioral scientists are expected to make to agricultural development in the future. (SL)

Describes a study examining whether a graduate level human relations training course offered at the Pulsaki County School System (Virginia) influenced teachers' verbal classroom interaction and whether such behavior changes could lead to a change in students' self-concept. The course was found to affect both teachers and students positively. (MLH)

Identifies common discipline problems and possible behavioral management strategies to solve them. Suggests using the Daily Progress Report as a tool to incorporate proven counseling techniques into an easily managed, individualized, effective program for responding to disruptive adolescent students. (ABB)

Two studies involving stereotypic hand gazing revealed that: (1) a dramatically increased therapy program substantially reduced a 35.4 month-old boy's hand gazing and augmented his toy manipulation skills; and (2) both glasses and toys effectively reduced hand gazing by two visually impaired 30.3 and 17.9 month-old children. (Author/CB)

Despite general trends for violence in marriage to escalate in frequency and intensity, there are some couples who, through their own efforts, stop being violent. Describes three such couples, with particular attention given to spouses' reports on the cessation of their violence. Discusses implications of these couples' experiences for the…

Of 673 special education teachers responding to the survey, over 55 percent reported that behavior modification was not their major system of classroom management. Responses are broken down by categorical title of classroom for experiences with positive reinforcement, time out, negative reinforcement, contingency contracting, response cost,…