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Scheeres, Korine; Wensing, Michel; Knoop, Hans; Bleijenberg, Gijs – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Objective: This study evaluated the success of implementing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in a representative clinical practice setting and compared the patient outcomes with those of previously published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of CBT for CFS. Method: The implementation interventions were the…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Cognitive Restructuring
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Stark-Wroblewski, Kim; Kreiner, David S.; Boeding, Christopher M.; Lopata, Ashley N.; Ryan, Joseph J.; Church, Tina M. – Teaching of Psychology, 2008
We examined whether using virtual reality (VR) technology to provide students with direct exposure to evidence-based psychological treatment approaches would enhance their understanding of and appreciation for such treatments. Students enrolled in an abnormal psychology course participated in a VR session designed to help clients overcome the fear…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Psychopathology, Therapy, Fear
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Vowles, Kevin E.; McCracken, Lance M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Developing approaches within cognitive behavioral therapy are increasingly process-oriented and based on a functional and contextual framework that differs from the focus of earlier work. The present study investigated the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (S. C. Hayes, K. Strosahl, & K. G. Wilson, 1999) in the treatment of…
Descriptors: Pain, Physical Fitness, Cognitive Restructuring, Patients
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Kirkley, Betty G.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1985
Examined the relative efficacy of two group treatments for bulimia patients (N=28). The cognitive-behavioral group was instructed to make changes in eating and vomiting behavior, whereas the nondirective group was given no instructions. The cognitive-behavioral treatment tended to have fewer dropouts and yielded significantly greater decreases in…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Females
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Michelson, Larry; Mavissakalian, Matig – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1985
Examined relative and combined effectiveness of behavior therapy and pharmacotherapy in 62 severe, chronic agoraphobics. Identified differential temporal response and treatment patterns across psychophysiological domains. Synchrony/desynchrony phenomena yielded significant findings with regard to process and clinical outcome status. Exploratory…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Drug Therapy, Psychophysiology
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King, Neville J. – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1983
Addresses the value of behavioral techniques in relation to children's maladaptive fears. Summarizes how such techniques are used in the home, in school, and in health care settings; discusses theoretical explanations of the success of behavioral interventions. Outlines variables that may affect outcome of maladaptive fear prevention programs.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Children, Fear, Prevention
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Heitzmann, William Ray – Teacher Educator, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Rewards, Teacher Education
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Kazdin, Alan E. – School Psychology Review, 1982
This article delves into the conceptual content of behavioral modification and as yet unresolved issues for cognitive-behavioral interventions. Treatment efficacy measurement issues remain foremost. Broader conceptualizations of behavior have raised hopes of increasingly effective interventions in educational and clinical work. (Author/CE)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Evaluation Needs, Intervention
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Mazur, Tom; Michael, P. M. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1992
Describes adolescent program for management of sexually inappropriate behavior, a family-based, 16-week group intervention protocol. Also describes 10 individuals (ages 13-17) who completed the program. Outcome data generated from follow up at six months posttreatment are presented. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Intervention, Sexuality
Ecott, Cheryl L.; Critchfield, Thomas S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2004
Basic researchers, but not most applied researchers, have assumed that the behavior-decelerating effects of noncontingent reinforcement result at least partly from adventitious reinforcement of competing behaviors. The literature contains only sketchy evidence of these effects because few noncontingent reinforcement studies measure alternative…
Descriptors: Researchers, Reinforcement, Laboratories, Behavior Modification
Asmus, Jennifer M.; Ringdahl, Joel E.; Sellers, Jennifer A.; Call, Nathan A.; Andelman, Marc S.; Wacker, David P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2004
Previous outcome studies have provided descriptions of functional analyses conducted in outpatient clinics (Derby et al., 1992), long-term inpatient programs (Iwata, Pace, et al., 1994), and home environments (Wacker et al., 1998). This study provides a description of 138 children and adults with and without developmental disabilities who were…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Clinics, Behavior Modification
Cote, Catherine A.; Thompson, Rachel H.; McKerchar, Paige M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2005
We compared the effects of two antecedent strategies commonly used in early childhood settings to increase compliance during activity transitions: a warning condition, in which children were informed of the transition 2 min before it began, and a condition in which children were allowed access to a toy during the transition. Both antecedent…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Early Childhood Education
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Weatherly, Jeffrey N.; Lang, Kelsey K.; King, Brent M. – Psychological Record, 2004
A series of recent studies have demonstrated that rats will increase their rate of operant responding for sucrose reinforcement when food-pellet reinforcement will be upcoming in the same session. One potential explanation for this increase is that operant, rather than respondent or general, behavior becomes increasingly probable in sessions in…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Logical Thinking, Behavior Modification
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Feeny, Norah C.; Silva, Susan G.; Reinecke, Mark A.; McNulty, Steven; Findling, Robert L.; Rohde, Paul; Curry, John F.; Ginsburg, Golda S.; Kratochvil, Christopher J.; Pathak, Sanjeev M.; May, Diane E.; Kennard, Betsy D.; Simons, Anne D.; Wells, Karen C.; Robins, Michele; Rosenberg, David; March, John S. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
This article explores aspects of family environment and parent-child conflict that may predict or moderate response to acute treatments among depressed adolescents (N = 439) randomly assigned to fluoxetine, cognitive behavioral therapy, their combination, or placebo. Outcomes were Week 12 scores on measures of depression and global impairment. Of…
Descriptors: Conflict, Cognitive Restructuring, Adolescents, Family Environment
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Kanahara, Shunsuke – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2009
The behavioral counseling of a withdrawn and noncompliant schizophrenic South American person, who is an immigrant, by an Asian counselor taking place in the United States is introduced. Although some difficulties, such as a language barrier, exist in the clinical setting, a behavioral assessment to analyze the client's issues through focusing on…
Descriptors: Intervention, Schizophrenia, Behavior Modification, Asian Americans
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