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Peer reviewedHamilton, Scott B.; Bornstein, Philip H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
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…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Counseling Services, Research Projects, Self Control
Peer reviewedTharp, Roland G.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
Discusses the effectiveness in four case studies of group instruction (pretraining) in the methods and principles of self-modification as an economical and beneficial offering for individuals suffering emotional as well as overt behavioral problems. (Author/PC)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Emotional Adjustment, Individual Development
Peer reviewedGlasgow, Russell E.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
Evaluated two self-help behavior therapy books for stopping smoking against a minimal treatment program. Results indicated under self-administered conditions, the minimal treatment program was as effective as the behavior therapy books. On the self-report measures, therapist contact was associated with improved treatment outcome for the behavior…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Bibliotherapy
Peer reviewedKendall, Philip C.; Finch, A. J., Jr. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
A 9-year-old impulsive boy was treated with a combination of verbal self-instructions and response cost. The program was sequentially applied to inappropriate "switches" in each of three target behaviors (topics, games, rules) according to a multiple baseline design. Positive change in all of the target behaviors was evident at posttreatment.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Case Studies
