Measuring children's social skills using microcomputer-based videodisc assessment.

abstract：:Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a highly effective treatment for panic disorder. However, few patients have access to this treatment, particularly those living in rural areas. In a pilot study, the author previously described the efficacy of a 2-day, intensive, exposure-based CBT intervention that was developed ...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Deacon B

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rich technology of stimulus preference assessment (SPA) is a product of 40 years of experimental research. Basic principles of reinforcement and a modest empirical literature suggest that high-preference stimuli identified via SPA may enhance treatment efficacy and decrease problem behavior more effectively than l...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Karsten AM,Carr JE,Lepper TL

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antecedent physical exercise has emerged as a potentially promising treatment for reducing challenging behavior and increasing academic behavior in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of physical exercise conducted prior to instructional sessions (ante...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Neely L,Rispoli M,Gerow S,Ninci J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five children diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder participated in a summer program designed to evaluate behavioral and pharmacological treatments in a recreational setting. The effect of a contingency for increased sportsmanlike behavior, with and without the use of tokens, was examined during kick...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Hupp SD,Reitman D,Northup J,O'Callaghan P,LeBlanc M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors tested the hypothesis that a match between the gender relevance of a stressor and one's sex or gender role identification would elicit higher cardiovascular responses. Healthy female and male undergraduates (n = 108) were exposed to two stressors: the Cold Pressor Test (CPT) and the n-back task. Stressor r...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： van Well S,Kolk AM,Klugkist IG

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is a major complication of medical illness in adults and is increasingly being recognized as a complication of pediatric illness. The author reviews issues in the assessment and diagnosis of depression in pediatric illness and reviews recent studies on the prevalence of and risk factors for depression in di...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Burke P

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents a three-module intervention based on social action theory that focuses on health promotion and social identity formation for seropositive youth. The modules are designed to reduce transmission of HIV by reducing sexual and substance abuse acts, increasing healthy acts and adherence to care, and m...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Lightfoot M,Rotheram-Borus MJ,Milburn NG,Swendeman D

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Empirically supported treatments (EST) hold much promise in relieving psychological distress and dysfunction. However, various obstacles to effective training and clinical practice have truncated dissemination efforts. One such obstacle is the perceived applicability of EST procedures to raw world clinical practice. T...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Friedberg RD,Gorman AA,Beidel DC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of relaxation training for adult asthma patients were reviewed for the period between 1980 and 2000. Six controlled and three uncontrolled studies were identified, employing a variety of methods, such as progressive relaxation, functional relaxation, autogenic training, or yoga. Most studies had low sample siz...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Ritz T

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this research was to test the comparative effectiveness of two therapeutic modalities in the treatment of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder in victims of sexual aggression: (a) self-exposure and cognitive restructuring and (b) progressive relaxation training. The sample consisted of 20 patients (victims...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Echeburúa E,de Corral P,Zubizarreta I,Sarasua B

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested the efficacy of a cueing procedure for improving the impulse regulation of four boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) during social skills training. Impulse regulation was defined as raising hands before speaking. Effects on collateral behaviors (i.e., talking out to turn) were al...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Posavac HD,Sheridan SM,Posavac SS

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Operant extinction involves termination of reinforcement for a previously reinforced response. As a clinical intervention for severe maladaptive behavior operant extinction is often repudiated because of intensity of side effects, length of treatment time required, and implementation difficulties. This article discuss...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： DucharmeJM,Van Houten R

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multielement and reversal designs used to identify maintaining variables for behavior disorders such as self-injury have several potential limitations, including interaction effects (multielement), inefficiency (reversal), and lack of a continuous control (reversal). This article describes a methodology that minimizes...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Iwata BA,Duncan BA,Zarcone JR,Lerman DC,Shore BA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using secondary analyses from a randomized trial comparing the effectiveness of manualized cognitive-behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder, we compared ratings of therapist competency and adherence between two service delivery modes: telepsychiatry (TP) and same room (SR). Patients were 38 male treatmen...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Frueh BC,Monnier J,Grubaugh AL,Elhai JD,Yim E,Knapp R

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explores the usefulness of relaxation and gradual medication withdrawal in weaning insomniacs from sleep (hypnotic) medication. We recruited 40 volunteers from the community who had insomnia, half of whom were chronic users of hypnotics while the other half were nonmedicated. Half of all participants (10 me...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Lichstein KL,Peterson BA,Riedel BW,Means MK,Epperson MT,Aguillard RN

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of an early numeracy Tier 2 intervention on the mathematics performance of second-grade students with persistent mathematics difficulties. Whole number content and instructional design features were used to boost performance in second-grade early numeracy concepts...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Bryant DP,Pfannenstiel KH,Bryant BR,Roberts G,Fall AM,Nozari M,Lee J

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four adults with developmental disabilities were taught to make conditional discriminations between either pictures and their corresponding printed English and Spanish words, or tastes and their corresponding printed English and Spanish words. Participants required more training trials to master the visual-visual cond...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Rehfeldt RA,Dixon MR

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To strengthen the scientific credibility arguments for single-case intervention studies, randomization design-and-analysis methods have been developed for the multiple-baseline, ABAB, and alternating treatment designs, including options for preplanned designs, wherein the series and phase lengths are established prior...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Ferron J,Rohrer LL,Levin JR

更新日期：2019-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The feeding behaviors of two children who maintained failure to thrive diagnoses and displayed food refusal are assessed in their homes. Descriptive assessments are used to identify schedules of consequence provided by each child's care providers for bite acceptance and food refusal behaviors. Assessments reveal rich ...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Casey SD,Perrin CJ,Lesser AD,Perrin SH,Casey CL,Reed GK

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes the literature regarding differential reinforcement of other behaviors (DRO) to treat challenging behavior among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and determines the quality of studies among the current literature according to the 2014 Council for Exceptional Children (CEC): Standards...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Weston R,Hodges A,Davis TN

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although visual inspection remains common in the analysis of single-case designs, the lack of agreement between raters is an issue that may seriously compromise its validity. Thus, the purpose of our study was to develop and examine the properties of a simple structured criterion to supplement the visual analysis of a...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Lanovaz MJ,Cardinal P,Francis M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined asymmetry in posed facial expression of emotions: happy and sad. Hemifacial composite photographs, left-left and right-right, were prepared, and subjects rated these for intensity of expressed emotion. Overall, left-left composites were judged to have expressed emotions relatively more intensely than the r...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Asthana HS,Mandal MK

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed at examining the factor structure and predictive validity of the translated Masculine Gender Role Stress (MGRS) and Feminine Gender Role Stress (FGRS) scales in samples of Chinese college students and professionals (N = 482). Consistent with previous research, our results supported the theoreti...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Tang CS,Lau BH

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant percentage of individuals attempting smoking cessation lapse within a matter of days, and very few are able to recover to achieve long-term abstinence. This observation suggests that many smokers may have quit-attempt histories characterized exclusively by early lapses to smoking following quit attempts....

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Brown RA,Palm KM,Strong DR,Lejuez CW,Kahler CW,Zvolensky MJ,Hayes SC,Wilson KG,Gifford EV

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most commonly reported and successful behavioral interventions for tic disorders is habit reversal (HR). Several narrative literature reviews have adequately summarized the outcomes of these studies. The purpose of this article was to review studies that used HR to treat tics in terms of their methodologica...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Carr JE,Chong IM

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study was conducted to examine the trends involved with experimental intervention research designed to modify behaviors of children and youth with emotional and/or behavioral disorders (EBD). Trends are summarized and compared to the intervention research that has been conducted in developmental disabiliti...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Clarke S,Dunlap G,Stichter JP

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two case studies examined the efficacy of two social enhancement procedures--individual social skills training (SST) and co-worker intervention for two employees with dual sensory impairment who were working in competitive employment settings but who were socially isolated from contact with their nondisabled co-worker...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Gaylord-Ross R,Park HS,Johnston S,Lee M,Goetz L

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy exists regarding appropriate methods for summarizing treatment outcomes for single-subject designs. Nonregression- and regression-based methods have been proposed to summarize the efficacy of single-subject interventions with proponents of both methods arguing for the superiority of their respective approa...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Campbell JM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Picture activity schedules consist of a sequence of images representing the order of tasks for a person to complete. Although, picture activity schedules have traditionally been presented in a book format, recently picture activity schedules have been evaluated on technological devices such as an iPod™ touch. The pres...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： Giles A,Markham V

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the relations between respiration and psychological state, associations with respiratory variability have been contradictory. In this study, respiration was measured noninvasively in 162 children with a mean age of 11 years (from 9 to 13). They completed a battery of psychological tests. Structural Equation Mode...

journal_title：Behavior modification

authors： van den Wittenboer G,van der Wolf K,van Dixhoorn J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00