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Effectiveness of Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT) in a Preschool SettingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This research addressed the need for trained child care staff to support optimal early social-emotional development in urban, low-income, ethnic minority children. We evaluated effectiveness of Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT), an approach adapted from Eyberg’s Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). TCIT focuses on increasing preschool teachers’ positive attention skills and consistent discipline in order to enhance children’s psychosocial functioning and prevent mental health problems. A total of 12 teachers participated in small-group workshop sessions with in vivo coaching on their use of sk...
Source: Behavior Modification - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lyon, A. R., Gershenson, R. A., Farahmand, F. K., Thaxter, P. J., Behling, S., Budd, K. S. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

The Validity of Virtual Environments for Eliciting Emotional Responses in Patients With Eating Disorders and in ControlsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article explores the efficacy of virtual environments representing situations that are emotionally significant to patients with eating disorders (ED) to modify depression and anxiety levels both in these patients and in controls. Eighty-five ED patients and 108 students were randomly exposed to five experimental virtual environments (a kitchen with low-calorie food, a kitchen with high-calorie food, a restaurant with high-calorie food, a restaurant with low-calorie food, and a swimming-pool) and to one neutral environment. In the interval between the presentation of each situation, anxiety and depressed mood were asse...
Source: Behavior Modification - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ferrer-Garcia, M., Gutierrez-Maldonado, J., Caqueo-Urizar, A., Moreno, E. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Behavioral Activation Is an Evidence-Based Treatment for DepressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Recent reviews of evidence-based treatment for depression did not identify behavioral activation as an evidence-based practice. Therefore, this article conducted a systematic review of behavioral activation treatment of depression, which identified three meta-analyses, one recent randomized controlled trial and one recent follow-up of an earlier randomized control trial. Behavioral activation was consistently superior to wait list and treatment as usual control groups. Effect sizes were not different from cognitive behavior therapy or cognitive therapy, both post-treatment and at follow-up. Indeed, behavioral activation ma...
Source: Behavior Modification - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sturmey, P. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Prediction of Exercise in Patients Across Various Stages of Bariatric Surgery: A Comparison of the Merits of the Theory of Reasoned Action Versus the Theory of Planned BehaviorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study tested validity of the TPB in a sample of bariatric patients and further validated its improvement over the TRA in predicting exercise adherence at different operative stages. Results generally confirmed research hypotheses. Superiority of the TPB model was validated in this sample of bariatric patients, and Perceived Behavioral Control emerged as the single-best predictor of both exercise intentions and self-reported behavior. Finally, results suggested that both subjective norms and attitudes toward exercise played a larger role in the prediction of intention and behavior than previously reported. (Source: Behavior Modification)
Source: Behavior Modification - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hunt, H. R., Gross, A. M. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Group-Based Preference Assessment for Children and Adolescents in a Residential Setting: Examining Developmental, Clinical, Gender, and Ethnic DifferencesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines developmental, clinical, gender, and ethnic group differences in preference in residentially placed children and adolescents. In addition, this study considers whether residentially placed youth prefer stimuli currently being used as rewards as part of a campuswide token economy system and whether youth would identify preferred stimuli that are not currently offered. The article discusses a survey devised specifically for the purpose of this study. Stimuli currently offered as rewards are listed and rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale. Results indicate that the majority of stimuli available within the ...
Source: Behavior Modification - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Resetar Volz, J. L., Cook, C. R. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Biased Processing of Threat-Related Information Rather Than Knowledge Deficits Contributes to Overestimation of Threat in Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Overestimation of threat (OET) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The present study deconstructed this complex concept and looked for specific deviances in OCD relative to controls. A total of 46 participants with OCD and 51 nonclinical controls were asked: (a) to estimate the incidence rate for 20 events relating to washing, checking, positive, or negative incidents. Furthermore, they were required (b) to assess their personal vulnerability to experience each event type, and (c) to judge the degree of accompanying worry. Later, participants were confronted with the correct stat...
Source: Behavior Modification - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Moritz, S., Pohl, R. F. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Relationship of Exposure to Clinically Irrelevant Emotion Cues and Obsessive-Compulsive SymptomsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Discussion focuses on implications for emotion regulatory processes in the maintenance and treatment of emotional disorders. (Source: Behavior Modification)
Source: Behavior Modification - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Allen, L. B., Barlow, D. H. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Context-Based Assessment and Intervention for Problem Behavior in Children With Autism Spectrum DisorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study used a context-based model of assessment and intervention to explore whether interventions that modify context result in reduction of problem behavior in ecologically valid settings (i.e., typical routines implemented by typical education personnel in neighborhood schools). The Contextual Assessment Inventory (CAI) and a postassessment interview were administered to parents and teachers of eight children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to identify problem contexts. Then, environmental modification techniques were implemented in three priority contexts: namely, transitions, termination of preferred activitie...
Source: Behavior Modification - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cale, S. I., Carr, E. G., Blakeley-Smith, A., Owen-DeSchryver, J. S. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Identifying Stimuli that Alter Immediate and Subsequent Levels of Vocal Stereotypy: A Further Analysis of Functionally Matched StimulationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We used a three-component multiple-schedule with a brief reversal design to evaluate the effects of structurally unmatched and matched stimuli on immediate and subsequent vocal stereotypy that was displayed by three children with autism spectrum disorders. For 2 of the 3 participants, access to matched stimuli, unmatched stimuli, and music decreased immediate levels of vocal stereotypy; however, with the exception of matched stimuli for one participant, none of the stimuli produced a clear abolishing operation for subsequent vocal stereotypy. That is, vocal stereotypy typically increased to baseline levels shortly after al...
Source: Behavior Modification - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lanovaz, M. J., Fletcher, S. E., Rapp, J. T. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Are Children Diagnosed With the Combined Form of ADHD Pervasively Hyperactive?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Diagnostic criteria specified by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR ; American Psychological Association [APA], 2000) require that motor excess be present across situations, at home and school, in order to establish that this condition is a characteristic of the child. The article discusses a study whose primary purpose was to use actigraphy to validate teacher and parent reports of hyperactivity at home and school. Continuous activity measurements were recorded for each minute of each 24-hr period (1,440 measurements per child per day) for a full 7-day week, during school and at home, on ...
Source: Behavior Modification - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Licht, C. A., Tryon, W. W. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Application of a Standardized Assessment Methodology Within the Context of an Evidence-Based Treatment for Substance Abuse and Its Associated ProblemsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Administrators of community-based treatment programs are increasingly being required to utilize psychometrically validated instruments to measure the effectiveness of their interventions. However, developers of psychometric measures have often failed to report strategies relevant to the administration of these measures in nontraditional settings outside the therapy office. Moreover, with few exceptions, developers of evidence-based treatments (EBTs) have insufficiently disseminated methods for integrating assessment measures into treatment planning. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to review an assessment methodol...
Source: Behavior Modification - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Allen, D. N., Donohue, B., Sutton, G., Haderlie, M., LaPota, H. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for Children and Adolescents Using the Range of Possible Changes Model: A Meta-Analytic IllustrationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article illustrates how findings gleaned from applying the RPC Model allow for unique opportunities for hypothesis generation based on the patterns of consistent outcomes effects. Based on the RPC Model, studies can be closely examined to identify the specific instances in which interventions yield robust effects, and the authors illustrate how examining effects in this way can lead to new understandings of interventions and the outcomes they produce. Findings suggest that researchers can employ previously underutilized patterns of consistencies and inconsistencies in outcomes effects as new resources for identifying ...
Source: Behavior Modification - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: De Los Reyes, A., Kazdin, A. E. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

The Relation of Maternal Sensitivity to Children's Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Within the Context of Maternal Depressive SymptomsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines the main and moderating effects of a construct labeled maternal sensitivity, within the context of depressive symptoms, on youth externalizing and internalizing problems in a sample of 65 mothers with a history of depression and their 84 children ages 9-15 years. Sensitivity was related to child externalizing problems. Although two-way interactions were not significant, exploratory moderation analyses indicated a significant three-way interaction among maternal depressive symptoms, maternal sensitivity, and youth gender for internalizing problems: among girls only, high depressive symptoms, low sensitiv...
Source: Behavior Modification - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Garai, E. P., Forehand, R. L., Colletti, C. J. M., Reeslund, K., Potts, J., Compas, B. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Using Descriptive Assessment in the Treatment of Bite Acceptance and Food RefusalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 schedules of praise and access to social interaction and preferred activities for bite acceptance and escape for food refusal. These schedule arrangements result in hypotheses that modifications to the schedule of praise and access to social interaction and preferred activities for bite acceptance would ...
Source: Behavior Modification - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Casey, S. D., Perrin, C. J., Lesser, A. D., Perrin, S. H., Casey, C. L., Reed, G. K. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Treatment Outcomes for Severe Feeding Problems in Children With Autism Spectrum DisorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There is abundant research to support that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit challenging feeding behaviors. Despite increase in empirical evidence supporting the role of behavior analysis in treating severe feeding problems, evaluation of the short- and long-term effects of these treatments for a large group of children with ASD is warranted. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate treatment outcomes of an interdisciplinary feeding program for 46 children with ASD. A retrospective chart analysis indicated these children were treated successfully overall and follow-up data suggest gains were main...
Source: Behavior Modification - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Laud, R. B., Girolami, P. A., Boscoe, J. H., Gulotta, C. S. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Family Behavior Therapy for Substance Abuse and Other Associated Problems: A Review of Its Intervention Components and ApplicabilityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A comprehensive evidence-based treatment for substance abuse and other associated problems (Family Behavior Therapy) is described, including its application to both adolescents and adults across a wide range of clinical contexts (i.e., criminal justice, child welfare). Relevant to practitioners and applied clinical researchers, topic areas include its theoretical and empirical background, intervention protocols, methods of enhancing motivation for treatment, and future directions. (Source: Behavior Modification)
Source: Behavior Modification - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Donohue, B., Azrin, N., Allen, D. N., Romero, V., Hill, H. H., Tracy, K., Lapota, H., Gorney, S., Abdel-al, R., Caldas, D., Herdzik, K., Bradshaw, K., Valdez, R., Van Hasselt, V. B. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Group-Based Preference Assessment for Children and Adolescents in a Residential Setting: Examining Developmental, Clinical, Gender, and Ethnic Differences.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines developmental, clinical, gender, and ethnic group differences in preference in residentially placed children and adolescents. In addition, this study considers whether residentially placed youth prefer stimuli currently being used as rewards as part of a campuswide token economy system and whether youth would identify preferred stimuli that are not currently offered. The article discusses a survey devised specifically for the purpose of this study. Stimuli currently offered as rewards are listed and rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale. Results indicate that the majority of stimuli available within the ...
Source: Behavior Modification - October 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Resetar Volz JL, Cook CR Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

The Validity of Virtual Environments for Eliciting Emotional Responses in Patients With Eating Disorders and in Controls.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article explores the efficacy of virtual environments representing situations that are emotionally significant to patients with eating disorders (ED) to modify depression and anxiety levels both in these patients and in controls. Eighty-five ED patients and 108 students were randomly exposed to five experimental virtual environments (a kitchen with low-calorie food, a kitchen with high-calorie food, a restaurant with high-calorie food, a restaurant with low-calorie food, and a swimming-pool) and to one neutral environment. In the interval between the presentation of each situation, anxiety and depressed mood were asse...
Source: Behavior Modification - October 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ferrer-García M, Gutiérrez-Maldonado J, Caqueo-Urízar A, Moreno E Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

Effectiveness of Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT) in a Preschool Setting.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This research addressed the need for trained child care staff to support optimal early social-emotional development in urban, low-income, ethnic minority children. We evaluated effectiveness of Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT), an approach adapted from Eyberg's Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). TCIT focuses on increasing preschool teachers' positive attention skills and consistent discipline in order to enhance children's psychosocial functioning and prevent mental health problems. A total of 12 teachers participated in small-group workshop sessions with in vivo coaching on their use of skills in the cl...
Source: Behavior Modification - September 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lyon AR, Gershenson RA, Farahmand FK, Thaxter PJ, Behling S, Budd KS Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

Biased Processing of Threat-Related Information Rather Than Knowledge Deficits Contributes to Overestimation of Threat in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Overestimation of threat (OET) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The present study deconstructed this complex concept and looked for specific deviances in OCD relative to controls. A total of 46 participants with OCD and 51 nonclinical controls were asked: (a) to estimate the incidence rate for 20 events relating to washing, checking, positive, or negative incidents. Furthermore, they were required (b) to assess their personal vulnerability to experience each event type, and (c) to judge the degree of accompanying worry. Later, participants were confronted with the correct ...
Source: Behavior Modification - September 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Moritz S, Pohl RF Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

Treatment Outcomes for Severe Feeding Problems in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There is abundant research to support that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit challenging feeding behaviors. Despite increase in empirical evidence supporting the role of behavior analysis in treating severe feeding problems, evaluation of the short- and long-term effects of these treatments for a large group of children with ASD is warranted. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate treatment outcomes of an interdisciplinary feeding program for 46 children with ASD. A retrospective chart analysis indicated these children were treated successfully overall and follow-up data suggest gains were ...
Source: Behavior Modification - September 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Laud RB, Girolami PA, Boscoe JH, Gulotta CS Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for Children and Adolescents Using the Range of Possible Changes Model: A Meta-Analytic Illustration.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article illustrates how findings gleaned from applying the RPC Model allow for unique opportunities for hypothesis generation based on the patterns of consistent outcomes effects. Based on the RPC Model, studies can be closely examined to identify the specific instances in which interventions yield robust effects, and the authors illustrate how examining effects in this way can lead to new understandings of interventions and the outcomes they produce. Findings suggest that researchers can employ previously underutilized patterns of consistencies and inconsistencies in outcomes effects as new resources for identifying ...
Source: Behavior Modification - August 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: De Los Reyes A, Kazdin AE Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

Using Descriptive Assessment in the Treatment of Bite Acceptance and Food Refusal.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 schedules of praise and access to social interaction and preferred activities for bite acceptance and escape for food refusal. These schedule arrangements result in hypotheses that modifications to the schedule of praise and access to social interaction and preferred activities for bite acceptance would re...
Source: Behavior Modification - August 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Casey SD, Perrin CJ, Lesser AD, Perrin SH, Casey CL, Reed GK Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

The Relation of Maternal Sensitivity to Children's Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Within the Context of Maternal Depressive Symptoms.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines the main and moderating effects of a construct labeled maternal sensitivity, within the context of depressive symptoms, on youth externalizing and internalizing problems in a sample of 65 mothers with a history of depression and their 84 children ages 9-15 years. Sensitivity was related to child externalizing problems. Although two-way interactions were not significant, exploratory moderation analyses indicated a significant three-way interaction among maternal depressive symptoms, maternal sensitivity, and youth gender for internalizing problems: among girls only, high depressive symptoms, low sensitiv...
Source: Behavior Modification - August 3, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Garai EP, Forehand RL, Colletti CJ, Reeslund K, Potts J, Compas B Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

Behavior Modification of Aggressive Children in Child Welfare: Evaluation of a Combined Intervention ProgramEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigates whether implementation of the training with aggressive children (TAC) could improve the outcome of child welfare. Twelve children (average age 10 years), diagnosed with an oppositional defiant disorder or a conduct disorder, are treated either with a child welfare program or with a combined intervention of child welfare program and TAC. Before and immediately after completion of the combined treatment, parent and teacher ratings are collected. Parents report children participating in child welfare and TAC to show a stronger decline in social and conduct problems as well as a clearer increase in pros...
Source: Behavior Modification - July 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nitkowski, D., Petermann, F., Buttner, P., Krause-Leipoldt, C., Petermann, U. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Behavioral Signs of Schizoidia and Schizotypy in the Biological Parents of Social AnhedonicsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A community sample of 88 putative schizotypes (48 social anhedonics, 40 controls), aged 18 to 19 years, and their biological parents (42 mothers of social anhedonics, 37 mothers of controls; 24 fathers of social anhedonics, 20 fathers of controls) receive videotaped diagnostic evaluations that serve as the basis for ratings of behavioral signs of schizoidia and schizotypy. Proband social anhedonics exhibit more atypical interpersonal behaviors characteristic of schizoid and schizotypal personality disorders than controls. Mothers of social anhedonics display more atypical interpersonal behaviors characteristic of schizotyp...
Source: Behavior Modification - July 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Emmerson, L. C., Miller, S. L., Blanchard, J. J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

The Impact of Children with High-Functioning Autism on Parental Stress, Sibling Adjustment, and Family FunctioningEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The article discuses a study conducted to investigate the impact of children with high-functioning autism (HFA) on parental stress, sibling adjustment, and family functioning; the study involves a sample of parents of 15 children with HFA and parents of 15 matched control children who completed questionnaires measuring the dependent variables. The results indicate parents of children with HFA experience significantly more parenting stress than parents of children with no psychological disorder, which was found to be directly related to characteristics of the children. The study further shows that the higher intellectual fu...
Source: Behavior Modification - July 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rao, P. A., Beidel, D. C. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Description of a Standardized Treatment Center That Utilizes Evidence-Based Clinic Operations to Facilitate Implementation of an Evidence-Based TreatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes various evidence-based administrative strategies and methods utilized by clinic staff to effectively implement a comprehensive evidence-based treatment for substance abuse (i.e., Family Behavior Therapy). The basic structure of the clinic, standardized behavioral methods associated with its day-to-day operations, and maintenance of treatment integrity are delineated. Infrastructural systems are underscored, including clinical record keeping, quality assurance, and staff management. (Source: Behavior Modification)
Source: Behavior Modification - July 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Donohue, B., Allen, D. N., Romero, V., Hill, H. H., Vasaeli, K., Lapota, H., Tracy, K., Gorney, S., Abdel-al, R., Caldas, D., Herdzik, K., Bradshaw, K., Valdez, R., Van Hasselt, V. B. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Family Behavior Therapy for Substance Abuse and Other Associated Problems: A Review of Its Intervention Components and Applicability.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
a comprehensive evidence-based treatment for substance abuse and other associated problems (Family Behavior Therapy) is described, including its application to both adolescents and adults across a wide range of clinical contexts (i.e., criminal justice, child welfare). Relevant to practitioners and applied clinical researchers, topic areas include its theoretical and empirical background, intervention protocols, methods of enhancing motivation for treatment, and future directions. PMID: 19592601 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Behavior Modification)
Source: Behavior Modification - July 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Donohue B, Azrin N, Allen DN, Romero V, Hill HH, Tracy K, Lapota H, Gorney S, Abdel-Al R, Caldas D, Herdzik K, Bradshaw K, Valdez R, Van Hasselt VB Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

Behavior Modification of Aggressive Children in Child Welfare: Evaluation of a Combined Intervention Program.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigates whether implementation of the training with aggressive children (TaC) could improve the outcome of child welfare. Twelve children (average age 10 years), diagnosed with an oppositional defiant disorder or a conduct disorder, are treated either with a child welfare program or with a combined intervention of child welfare program and TaC. Before and immediately after completion of the combined treatment, parent and teacher ratings are collected. Parents report children participating in child welfare and TaC to show a stronger decline in social and conduct problems as well as a clearer increase in pros...
Source: Behavior Modification - June 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nitkowski D, Petermann F, Büttner P, Krause-Leipoldt C, Petermann U Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

Description of a Standardized Treatment Center That Utilizes Evidenced-Based Clinic Operations to Facilitate Implementation of an Evidence-Based Treatment.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes various evidence-based administrative strategies and methods utilized by clinic staff to effectively implement a comprehensive evidence-based treatment for substance abuse (i.e., Family Behavior Therapy). The basic structure of the clinic, standardized behavioral methods associated with its day-to-day operations, and maintenance of treatment integrity are delineated. Infrastructural systems are underscored, including clinical record keeping, quality assurance, and staff management. PMID: 19535671 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Behavior Modification)
Source: Behavior Modification - June 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Donohue B, Allen DN, Romero V, Hill HH, Vasaeli K, Lapota H, Tracy K, Gorney S, Abdel-Al R, Caldas D, Herdzik K, Bradshaw K, Valdez R, Van Hasselt VB Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

Behavioral Signs of Schizoidia and Schizotypy in the Biological Parents of Social Anhedonics.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A community sample of 88 putative schizotypes (48 social anhedonics, 40 controls), aged 18 to 19 years, and their biological parents (42 mothers of social anhedonics, 37 mothers of controls; 24 fathers of social anhedonics, 20 fathers of controls) receive videotaped diagnostic evaluations that serve as the basis for ratings of behavioral signs of schizoidia and schizotypy. Proband social anhedonics exhibit more atypical interpersonal behaviors characteristic of schizoid and schizotypal personality disorders than controls. Mothers of social anhedonics display more atypical interpersonal behaviors characteristic of schiz...
Source: Behavior Modification - May 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Emmerson LC, Miller SL, Blanchard JJ Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

The Impact of Children With High Functioning Autism on Parental Stress, Sibling Adjustment, and Family Functioning.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The article discuses a study conducted to investigate the impact of children with high-functioning autism (HFa) on parental stress, sibling adjustment, and family functioning; the study involves a sample of parents of 15 children with HFa and parents of 15 matched control children who completed questionnaires measuring the dependent variables. The results indicate parents of children with HFa experience significantly more parenting stress than parents of children with no psychological disorder, which was found to be directly related to characteristics of the children. The study further shows that the higher intellectua...
Source: Behavior Modification - May 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rao PA, Beidel DC Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

Affective and Sensory Correlates of Hair Pulling in Pediatric TrichotillomaniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hair pulling in pediatric populations has not received adequate empirical study. Investigations of the affective and sensory states contributing to the etiology and maintenance of hair pulling may help to elucidate the classification of trichotillomania (TTM) as an impulse control disorder or obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder. The current study aimed to examine children's self-reported affective and sensory states associated with hair pulling. Fifteen participants completed a questionnaire assessing children's experiences during first and recent hair pulling episodes. Results revealed that pulling hair for the first t...
Source: Behavior Modification - April 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Meunier, S. A., Tolin, D. F., Franklin, M. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Adapted Behavior Therapy for Persistently Depressed Primary Care Patients: An Open TrialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Major depressive disorder is commonly treated in primary care settings. Psychotherapy occurring in primary care should take advantage of the unique aspects of the setting and must adapt to the problems and limitations of the setting. In this open trial, the authors used a treatment development model to adapt behavior therapy for primary care patients (n = 12) with persistent symptoms of depression, despite antidepressant medication treatment. Ten of 12 participants completed 10 sessions of therapy over the course of 4 months, and all endorsed high levels of treatment satisfaction. Participants' depression scores declined s...
Source: Behavior Modification - April 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Uebelacker, L. A., Weisberg, R. B., Haggarty, R., Miller, I. W. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Evaluation of a Self-Instructional Manual for Conducting Discrete-Trials Teaching With Children With AutismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Discrete-trials teaching (DTT) is commonly used to implement applied behavior analysis treatment for children with autism. The authors investigated a revised self-instructional manual for teaching university students to implement a 21-component DTT procedure to teach three tasks to confederates role-playing children with autism. Also, as a motivational contingency, for each DTT session in which a student scored at or above 90% accuracy, they received US$10. After an average of 4.5 hr to master the training manual, students' average DTT performance improved from 52% in baseline to 88% while teaching a confederate. Students ...
Source: Behavior Modification - April 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Thiessen, C., Fazzio, D., Arnal, L., Martin, G. L., Yu, C.T., Keilback, L. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

The Effectiveness of Intervention on the Behavior of Individuals With Autism: A Meta-Analysis Using Percentage of Data Points Exceeding the Median of Baseline Phase (PEM)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the present study is to demonstrate the percentage of data points exceeding the median of baseline phase (PEM) approach using data on autism treatment for illustrative purposes to compare the effectiveness of different interventions on the problem behaviors of individuals with autism. Electronic databases such as The ProQuest and Google were searched. A total of 163 articles were located, producing 1,502 effect sizes. The results demonstrate that five highly effective intervention strategies were priming, self-control, training, positive reinforcement and punishment, and presenting preferential activities. The l...
Source: Behavior Modification - April 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ma, H.-H. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Virtual Reality Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Public Speaking Anxiety: A Randomized Clinical TrialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined whether VRCBT is an alternative to CBT. Participants with PSA were randomly assigned to VRCBT (28 participants), CBT (30 participants), and wait list control (WLC; 30 participants). VRCBT and CBT were significantly more effective than WLC in anxiety reduction on four of five anxiety measures, and on subject's self-rating of anxiety during a behavioral task. No significant differences were found on observer ratings of the behavioral task. However, twice as many participants dropped out from CBT than from VRCBT. Our results demonstrated that VRCBT is an effective and brief treatment regimen, equal to CBT....
Source: Behavior Modification - April 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wallach, H. S., Safir, M. P., Bar-Zvi, M. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Booster Sessions Enhance the Long-Term Effectiveness of Spaced Retrieval in Older Adults with Probable Alzheimer's DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, we retested these persons in a 6-month follow-up program. For half of the participants, three booster sessions were administered at 6, 12, and 18 weeks after original training to promote long-term retention of the name— face association. Results yielded a mnemonic benefit of the booster sessions at retest. Participants were successful in transferring this association to the actual person in the target photograph. These data confirmed the positive effect of spaced retrieval on recall of a name—face association over a 6-month interval. Implications for memory remediation in cognitively impaired old...
Source: Behavior Modification - April 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cherry, K. E., Hawley, K. S., Jackson, E. M., Boudreaux, E. O. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Booster Sessions Enhance the Long-Term Effectiveness of Spaced Retrieval in Older Adults with Probable Alzheimer's Disease.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, we retested these persons in a 6-month follow-up program. For half of the participants, three booster sessions were administered at 6, 12, and 18 weeks after original training to promote long-term retention of the name- face association. Results yielded a mnemonic benefit of the booster sessions at retest. Participants were successful in transferring this association to the actual person in the target photograph. These data confirmed the positive effect of spaced retrieval on recall of a name-face association over a 6-month interval. Implications for memory remediation in cognitively impaired older adults ar...
Source: Behavior Modification - March 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cherry KE, Hawley KS, Jackson EM, Boudreaux EO Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

Virtual Reality Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Public Speaking Anxiety: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined whether VRCBT is an alternative to CBT. Participants with PSA were randomly assigned to VRCBT (28 participants), CBT (30 participants), and wait list control (WLC; 30 participants). VRCBT and CBT were significantly more effective than WLC in anxiety reduction on four of five anxiety measures, and on subject's self-rating of anxiety during a behavioral task. No significant differences were found on observer ratings of the behavioral task. However, twice as many participants dropped out from CBT than from VRCBT. Our results demonstrated that VRCBT is an effective and brief treatment regimen, equal to CBT....
Source: Behavior Modification - March 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wallach HS, Safir MP, Bar-Zvi M Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

The Effectiveness of Intervention on the Behavior of Individuals With Autism: A Meta-Analysis Using Percentage of Data Points Exceeding the Median of Baseline Phase (PEM).Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the present study is to demonstrate the percentage of data points exceeding the median of baseline phase (PEM) approach using data on autism treatment for illustrative purposes to compare the effectiveness of different interventions on the problem behaviors of individuals with autism. Electronic databases such as The ProQuest and Google were searched. A total of 163 articles were located, producing 1,502 effect sizes. The results demonstrate that five highly effective intervention strategies were priming, self-control, training, positive reinforcement and punishment, and presenting preferential activities. T...
Source: Behavior Modification - March 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ma HH Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

Adapted Behavior Therapy for Persistently Depressed Primary Care Patients: An Open Trial.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Major depressive disorder is commonly treated in primary care settings. Psychotherapy occurring in primary care should take advantage of the unique aspects of the setting and must adapt to the problems and limitations of the setting. In this open trial, the authors used a treatment development model to adapt behavior therapy for primary care patients (n = 12) with persistent symptoms of depression, despite antidepressant medication treatment. Ten of 12 participants completed 10 sessions of therapy over the course of 4 months, and all endorsed high levels of treatment satisfaction. Participants' depression scores declin...
Source: Behavior Modification - March 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Uebelacker LA, Weisberg RB, Haggarty R, Miller IW Tags: Behav Modif Source Type: journals

Neither Saints nor Wolves in Disguise: Ambivalent Interpersonal Attitudes and Behaviors in Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Inflated responsibility is ascribed a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The aim of the study was to assess interpersonal attitudes and behaviors contributing to enhanced responsibility in OCD. In particular, we tested the hypothesis that individuals diagnosed with OCD share stronger latent aggression toward others, resulting in a high degree of interpersonal ambivalence. A total of 176 participants with OCD, 42 participants with anxiety or depression as well as 42 healthy controls completed the Responsibility and Interpersonal Behaviors and Attitudes Questionnaire (RIBAQ). The factor ...
Source: Behavior Modification - January 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Moritz, S., Wahl, K., Ertle, A., Jelinek, L., Hauschildt, M., Klinge, R., Hand, I. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Effect of a Classroom-Based Behavioral Intervention Package on the Improvement of Children's Sitting Posture in JapanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study uses a multiple-baseline design across two classrooms with a modified repeated reversal within each class. The article defines appropriate sitting posture as behavior composed of four components (feet, buttocks, back, and a whole body). The intervention package includes modeling, correspondence training, prompt, and reinforcement, among others. The authors counted the number of children with appropriate sitting posture in each classroom across all 28 sessions throughout the study. Interobserver agreement of appropriate sitting posture ranged from 80% to 100%. As a result of the intervention, the mean proportion ...
Source: Behavior Modification - January 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Noda, W., Tanaka-Matsumi, J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

A Parametric Study of Cognitive Defusion and the Believability and Discomfort of Negative Self-Relevant ThoughtsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study lends support to the cognitive defusion interpretation of the effect of word repetition, suggesting that emotional discomfort and believability may be distinctive functional aspects of cognitive events. (Source: Behavior Modification)
Source: Behavior Modification - January 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Masuda, A., Hayes, S. C., Twohig, M. P., Drossel, C., Lillis, J., Washio, Y. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Aerobic Exercise for Alcohol Recovery: Rationale, Program Description, and Preliminary FindingsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Alcohol use disorders are a major public health concern. Despite the demonstrated efficacy of a number of different treatments for alcohol dependence, relapse remains a major problem. Healthy lifestyle changes may contribute to long-term maintenance of recovery, and interventions targeting physical activity, in particular, may be especially valuable as an adjunct to alcohol treatment. In this article, the authors discuss the rationale and review potential mechanisms of action whereby exercise might benefit alcohol dependent patients in recovery. They then describe the development of a 12-week moderate-intensity aerobic exe...
Source: Behavior Modification - January 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brown, R. A., Abrantes, A. M., Read, J. P., Marcus, B. H., Jakicic, J., Strong, D. R., Oakley, J. R., Ramsey, S. E., Kahler, C. W., Stuart, G., Dubreuil, M. E., Gordon, A. A. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Factors Associated With the Questions About Behavior Function for Functional Assessment of Low and High Rate Challenging Behaviors in Adults With Intellectual DisabilityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The assessment of maintaining variables with the goal of developing prosocial intervention plans has become a driving force in the intellectual disabilities (ID) literature. One particularly crucial variable is whether the behavior is low or high rate and whether the challenging behavior is best characterized by self-injury or aggression. Because low rate behaviors present such a challenge to experimental functional analysis, checklist data in the form of the Questions About Behavior Function (QABF) may therefore be particularly useful. The reliability, frequency, and related characteristics of aggression and self-injury o...
Source: Behavior Modification - January 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Matson, J. L., Wilkins, J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

The Effects of Fixed Ratio Values on Concurrent Mand and Play ResponsesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Three children diagnosed with pervasive developmental disabilities emitted a high rate of mands and a low-to-zero rate of appropriate play responses when the two responses were reinforced on concurrent Fixed Ratio 1 (FR1) schedules. When mands were reinforced on an FR10 schedule and play responses were concurrently reinforced on an FR1 schedule, play responses increased. Two participants' mands decreased from baseline levels but were maintained, and the third participant's mands increased. Implications of the use of choice procedures for clinical settings are discussed. (Source: Behavior Modification)
Source: Behavior Modification - January 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bernstein, H., Brown, B. L., Sturmey, P. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Personality, Alcohol Use, and Drinking Motives: A Comparison of Independent and Combined Internal Drinking Motives GroupsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It is well-established that coping and enhancement drinking motives predict college student drinking and that personality traits predict drinking motives. Little is known, however, about personality and drinking patterns among individuals who drink for both enhancement and coping reasons. University students in the current study completed questionnaires assessing personality, alcohol use, and drinking motives. Past year drinkers (N = 138) were categorized into one of four groups: coping, enhancement, coping + enhancement, and noninternally motivated drinkers. Drinking was lower among noninternally motivated drinkers and hi...
Source: Behavior Modification - January 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Goldstein, A. L., Flett, G. L. Tags: Article Source Type: journals