Suggests that self-efficacy in relation to one's addiction is a factor in sustained sobriety, and explores implications for counseling. Treatment strategies that improve clients' coping skills, develop their sense of personal control, and enhance perceptions of self-efficacy reduce the risk of alcoholic relapses. (JAC)

Self-esteem, well managed, is a powerful force for effective learning. Research has shown that good self-esteem is associated with analytical thinking, persistence, creative ability, social independence, stability and high expectations, and that the antecedents of positive self-esteem are found in parental models who provide firm guidance in the…

Presents several perspectives on maladaptive perfectionism. Discusses origins and characteristics of this congnitive-behavioral pattern. Offers treatment recommendations for college students troubled by ego-dystonic perfectionism. (Author/CM)

Reviews variables influencing adolescent drinking and its consequences. Describes unique educational technique "Teams-Games-Tournaments," which by emphasizing self-management teaches adolescents about alcohol use and misuse. Discusses evaluation of method which showed students and teachers liked the method better than traditional methods of…

Presents a behavioral technique that permits clients to manage their own depression by coaching clients through self-observation, self-mediation and self-reinforcement activities, counselors can use minimum intervention to achieve a maximum amount of client gain. The program is most effective for moderately depressed clients. (Author/JAC)

This workshop outlines various approaches of helping teach self-discipline in the classroom. These approaches provide practical suggestions for teachers. If the social environment of the school seems to be less than democratic, perhaps this workshop content, when implemented, will provide for more open, honest communication and cooperation.…

Explores the relationship of self-concept, locus of control and self-discipline in students. Suggests possible methods and techniques for teaching self-discipline in the classroom, which can help students achieve in a humanistic educational system. (JAC)

Presents a case study involving the use of self-instructional training with an adolescent schizophrenic boy. Changes initiated in his internal and external dialog with himself improved his self-control and task performance. (JAC)

Discusses six traditional instructional assumptions and practices that impede the creation of a caring classroom environment: blaming the students, keeping control of the classroom, missing the systemic factors, ignoring problems with the curriculum, settling for self-discipline, and manipulating with "positive reinforcement." (Contains…

Presented is a conceptual framework linking the construct of temperament with environmental factors that covary with the onset and escalation of substance use. We propose that transactions between temperament characteristics of the child in family and peer contexts influence the development of self-control ability, a mediating factor for onset and…

Reviews the assumptions about processes that maintain bulimic behavior. Makes specific treatment package recommendations on the basis of selected outcome literature. Addresses special issues, such as Axis II diganosis, hospitalization, and psychopharmaceutics. (Author)

Presents the Decision-Making Process Model, a framework for working through questions that require action. The seven steps are identifying the decision; determining why it is needed; identifying alternatives; analyzing information; estimating practicality; and deciding on a conclusion. The focus is on adolescent sexual decisions. (Author/JAC)

Discusses visions of self-control from the Western and Eastern traditions and suggests that neither vision represents a true reality. Precision nirvana as conceptualized here consists of applying ordinary awareness in self-management strategies, applying altered states in meditative strategies, and being able to know which mode of awareness is…

A counselor can arbitrate problem situations using a systematic approach to classroom intervention which includes meetings with the teacher and students. This crisis intervention model based on moral development can be more effective than reliance on guidance activities disconnected from the actual classroom settings where the problems arise.…

This booklet informs teachers, administrators and other educational personnel about how students learn to regulate their own behaviors, which kinds of behavior are pertinent to successful learning in schools, and what processes can bring about agreement on behavioral standards among students, parents and school personnel. A review of theory and…