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Feed the Hungry Bee: Using Positive Peer Reports to Improve the Social Interactions and Acceptance of a Socially Rejected Girl in Residential Care.
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Ervin, Ruth A.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1996
Peers of a socially rejected seventh-grade girl were rewarded for publicly reporting positive aspects of the girl's behavior. Results indicated that positive peer reports reduced negative social interactions to near zero and increased positive interactions to above 70%. In addition, social acceptance ratings of the girl increased from…
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