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Theory-Driven Intervention for Changing Personality: Expectancy Value Theory, Behavioral Activation, and Conscientiousness
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Magidson, Jessica F.; Roberts, Brent W.; Collado-Rodriguez, Anahi; Lejuez, C. W. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Considerable evidence suggests that personality traits may be changeable, raising the possibility that personality traits most linked to health problems can be modified with intervention. A growing body of research suggests that problematic personality traits may be altered with behavioral intervention using a bottom-up approach. That is, by…
Descriptors: Personality Change, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Personality Traits
Group-Based Randomized Trial of Contingencies for Health and Abstinence in HIV Patients
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Petry, Nancy M.; Weinstock, Jeremiah; Alessi, Sheila M.; Lewis, Marilyn W.; Dieckhaus, Kevin – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: Contingency management (CM) treatments are usually applied individually for drug abstinence, but CM can also be targeted toward health behaviors and implemented in groups. This study evaluated effects of a group-based CM intervention that focused on reinforcing health behaviors. Method: HIV-positive patients with cocaine or opioid use…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Health Activities, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Behavior
Randomized Trial Comparing Two Treatment Strategies Using Prize-Based Reinforcement of Abstinence in Cocaine and Opiate Users
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Preston, Kenzie L.; Ghitza, Udi E.; Schmittner, John P.; Schroeder, Jennifer R.; Epstein, David H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
We compared two strategies of prize-based contingency management (CM) in methadone-maintained outpatients. Urine was tested thrice weekly for 5 weeks pre-CM, 12 weeks CM, and 8 weeks post-CM. Participants were randomly assigned to a cocaine contingency (four prize draws for each cocaine-negative urine, N = 29) or an opiate-cocaine contingency (one…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Contingency Management, Reinforcement, Drug Use
Randomized Trial of Contingent Prizes versus Vouchers in Cocaine-Using Methadone Patients
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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
Interdependent Group Contingency Management for Cocaine-Dependent Methadone Maintenance Patients
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Kirby, Kimberly C.; Kerwin, MaryLouise E.; Carpenedo, Carolyn M.; Rosenwasser, Beth J.; Gardner, Robert S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
Contingency management (CM) for drug abstinence has been applied to individuals independently even when delivered in groups. We developed a group CM intervention in which the behavior of a single, randomly selected, anonymous individual determined reinforcement delivery for the entire group. We also compared contingencies placed only on cocaine…
Descriptors: Intervention, Cocaine, Contingency Management, Patients
A Web-Based Therapeutic Workplace for the Treatment of Drug Addiction and Chronic Unemployment
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Silverman, Kenneth; Wong, Conrad J.; Grabinski, Michael J.; Hampton, Jacqueline; Sylvest, Christine E.; Dillon, Erin M.; Wentland, R. Daniel – Behavior Modification, 2005
This article describes a Web-based therapeutic workplace intervention designed to promote heroin and cocaine abstinence and train and employ participants as data entry operators. Patients are paid to participate in training and then to perform data entry jobs in a therapeutic workplace business. Salary is linked to abstinence by requiring patients…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Therapy, Patients, Intervention