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Peer reviewedKessler, Sheila – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1974
Participants were divided into three groups: (a) control group, (b) Treatment 1 involving the application of learning theory plus group therapy, and (c) Treatment 2 involving the same as Treatment 1 plus mutual help principles. Both treatment groups lost significantly more weight over a seven-week period than did the control group. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, Group Counseling, Intentional Learning
