Examines effects of playing violent and nonviolent video games on children's aggressive ideation. Children played a violent or nonviolent video game for eight minutes. Provides initial support, at least on a short-term basis, for notion that the playing of video games affects children's aggression fantasies. (Author/DST)

Forty fourth, fifth, and sixth graders were subjects of a study to investigate changes in locus of control orientations resulting from training in self-regulating procedures. Both external and self-regulating procedures were effective in increasing internal expectancies. Self- regulating procedures decreased disruptive behaviors and, to an extent,…

Treatment studies using the Zung Self-Rating Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression as dependent measures were reviewed to determine whether these scales provide comparable data for assessing treatment effects. Results indicated that the Zung and the Beck showed less change in depression following…

Participants in a communitywide stop-smoking contest were interviewed for cognitive, behavioral, and general smoking modification strategies used and amount of social support received specific to stopping smoking. Subjects reported using a variety of cognitive strategies but relatively few behavioral techniques during their attempts to quit.…

Describes a model for behavioral change which synthesizes behavioral awareness with empirically identified target behaviors. Stages of the model are presented and cautions for implementation are given. Suggests the model can help students gain an understanding of the consequences of behavioral problems. (BL)

The effects of an Assertive Discipline program on reducing out-of-seat and inappropriate talking among third-grade students were investigated. Results indicated a functional relationship between the program and the dependent measures. Social validation was provided by informal measures of teacher behavior and interviews with the principal,…

Physical prompts and physical and social reinforcement within a game format helped to reduce head droop in a three-year-old congenitally visually impaired child. Generalization to untrained settings and a high level of maintenance were also revealed. (CL)

Response blocking, differential reinforcement for the omission of behavior (DRO), and a cuing technique were used with a profoundly retarded deaf/blind boy to reduce his stereotypic behaviors. Treatment was used for three high rate stereotypic behaviors and was found to be effective with each. (Author/CL)

A nine-year-old with violent behavior who participated in nondirective art therapy sessions became less violent and more compliant and cooperative. He learned to project his anger onto the materials (mainly clay) and to express his needs and feelings. (CL)

A multiple baseline-across behaviors design was employed to assess the efficacy of a self-control procedure in eliminating three stereotypic behaviors of a 15-year-old behaviorally disordered, deaf, institutionalized student. The self-control procedure eliminated two of the three target behaviors and significantly reduced the rate of the third.…

Demonstrates that both male and female neonates habituate and dishabituate to repeated and novel speech sounds. Results of a head-turning sound-localization task with 24 full-term neonates showed two basic processes: spatial orientation to sounds and response decrement to repeated speech sounds followed by response increment to novel speech…

Effects of intervention strategies on an autistic boy's inappropriate touching behavior were investigated. Baseline frequencies of inappropriate touching were high. A positive practice arm movements overcorrection reduced inappropriate touching significantly. An alternative response/asking for permission program was added to overcorrection…

Describes the use of a penny game as a counseling technique to interrupt an unwanted cycle of behavior between spouses. The game can be explained in terms of both paradox and power and is useful with several marriage counseling techniques which teach more appropriate verbal behavior. (JAC)

Administered a questionnaire on expected effects of alcohol to 150 college students. Results showed that subjects expected alcohol to affect other people more than themselves for both positive and negative effects. Moderate and heavy drinkers expected as much pleasure from alcohol as they expected others to receive. (Author/LLL)

Intervention during which a 9-year-old emotionally disturbed student viewed a videotape of a structured mathematics class and recorded his own behavior in that class resulted in increased frequency of on task behavior. (CL)