Compared Anxiety Management Training (AMT) and Relaxation as Self-Control (RSC) in reducing stress in 55 anxious medical outpatients. At posttreatment and follow-up assessments, both AMT and RSC groups reported significantly less anxiety, stress reactivity, general physiological arousal, depression, and anger than controls. (JAC)

Addresses the practical validity of self-instruction training as an intervention for severely disabled children. Three issues are examined: (1) the development of verbal strategies adaptable to children with knowledge deficits, (2) the effects of generalization training, and (3) the role of self-talk (verbalization) in self-instruction. Four…

Parents can help their children feel secure and have a good self-image by communicating these feelings through words and actions. Suggestions for showing respect, building self-esteem, fostering security and success, and talking to children in a positive way are dicussed. (DF)

Surveyed college student (N=34) and general public (N=48) smokers regarding frequency, onset age, and daily situations associated with their habit. Results indicated no differences in either sample for responses according to sex, and correlations between smoking rate and onset age or years of smoking were not significant. (LLL)

This monograph discusses using an approach based on perceptual control theory (PCT) to teach self-control to children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders. PCT is described as a general approach to understanding self-regulated systems that relies on the theory that behavior controls an individual's perceptions rather than the…

The author explores the concept of behavior modification through self-reinforcement. This concept allows for greater responsibility for one's own behavior than other strategies. General techniques to alter behavior are presented, along with a detailed case history. (RP)

Author describes his system for helping students to plan and take responsibility for their own program of study. (Author)

Study was conducted to determine the effect a rule had on a child who was subsequently exposed to conforming or deviant verbalizations and/or behavior displayed by a televised peer model. (Author)

Investigated were measures of impulsivity and the sense of control over one's destiny, and their relationship to personal and social adjustment in mildly or borderline retarded adolescent males. (KW)

Research literature leads to the conclusion that (a) externally controlled persons are more threatened by physical disabilities, (b) internals, relative to externals, view emotional disorders as more debilitating than physical disabilities, and (c) social disadvantage and minority group membership are conductive to the development of external…

The author explores the meaning of values, how they are derived, what educators can do to help in transmitting them, the roles that helping persons can take (classification and implementation of choices), and characteristics appropriate to value educators. (CJ)

Discusses limitations to the behaviorist approach to classroom management and suggests that schools must design strategies of prevention as well as remediation. (NH)