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Increasing Seat Belt Use in Service Vehicle Drivers with a Gearshift Delay
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Van Houten, Ron; Malenfant, J. E. Louis; Reagan, Ian; Sifrit, Kathy; Compton, Richard – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
This study evaluated a device that prevents drivers from shifting vehicles into gear for up to 8 s unless seat belts are buckled. Participants were 101 commercial drivers who operated vans, pickups, or other light trucks from the U.S. and Canada. The driver could escape or avoid the delay by fastening his or her seat belt before shifting out of…
Descriptors: Traffic Safety, Restraints (Vehicle Safety), Motor Vehicles, Foreign Countries
Increasing Fiction Writers' Productivity through an Interest-Based Intervention
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Porritt, Matthew; Burt, Andrew; Poling, Alan – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
Ten participants from an online community of fiction writers were exposed to a treatment package intended to increase their writing productivity. The package consisted of graphic feedback provided through a Web page, praise for goal completion delivered via e-mail, and editing of manuscripts by other members of the community dependent on the…
Descriptors: Authors, Intervention, Internet, Productivity