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Petry, Nancy M.; Alessi, Sheila M.; Hanson, Tressa; Sierra, Sean – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
Contingency management (CM) interventions frequently utilize vouchers as reinforcers, but a prize-based system is also efficacious. This study compared these approaches. Seventy-four cocaine-dependent methadone outpatients were randomly assigned to standard treatment (ST), ST plus a maximum of $585 in contingent vouchers, or ST plus an expected…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Contingency Management, Patients, Reinforcement
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Azrin, N. H.; And Others – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1994
Twenty-six youth, randomly assigned to either a supportive counseling or a new behavioral treatment group, received six months of treatment. Behavioral treatment attempted to restructure family and peer relations and to control urges. At treatment's conclusion, 9% of supportive counseling youth remained abstinent, versus 73% of behavioral group…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Comparative Analysis, Counseling