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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Contingency Management"”.
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Contingency Management in a Language Development Program
The problem was two-fold. The first part of the problem was the investigation of whether a person with no formal training in speech could successfully administer Gray's (1970) language development program. The second part of the problem was the investigation of whether the two subjects involved …
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Contingency management techniques and smoking cessation in college students
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine smoking cessation using different criteria for delivery of monetary reinforcement for college students from Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. Participants participated in a 4 week study using a single subject reversal design (ABAC) in which baseline phases …
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Using contingency management to increase activity in a psychiatric care facility
Contingency management (CM) is often used to promote behavior change. This study includes a hypothetical example of how to use and set up an individualized CM in a psychiatric care facility. The purpose was to demonstrate the implementation and possible effect of the CM on activity attendance in …
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Dynamic Decision Support for Contingency Management and Allocation for *Construction Projects
… by incorporating an appropriate amount of contingency into a project's budget. Contingency is included to provide the management team with the flexibility required to address risks and various deviations from the original plan. Contingency allocation have traditionally been estimated by …
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Effects of Contingency Management on Reading Achievement of Junior High Special Education Students
Historically, the approach to teaching the special education child, who has learning difficulties, has been one of following the regular course of study but going more slowly than with the academically able student. However, junior high school special education students need to be motivated by …
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Risky decision-making in the Context of Contingency Management for Methamphetamine Use Disorder
… Methamphetamine Use Disorder in the context of Contingency Management treatment. Methods: This study aimed to investigate decision-making on the Iowa Gambling Task and the Balloon Analogue Risk at baseline as both a function and predictor of treatment response on an 8-week treatment of …
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A low-cost, low-intensity contingency management smoking cessation programme with students: Experimental evidence
… particularly if it targets young smokers. Contingency management interventions, which provide cash transfers conditional on biochemically-verified abstinence, have been effective in bringing about increased smoking cessation rates. However, contingency management programmes are typically …
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Investigating the collateral outcomes of incentive-based contingency management within a juvenile justice population : a multimethod approach.
… use and engagement in substance use treatment. Contingency management (CM) is an evidence-based treatment for treating substance use, and iterations that are family-driven show promise for use in juvenile justice settings. However, CM research has a narrowed focus on specific behavioral changes. …
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The impact of risk and time preferences on smoking behaviour in the context of a contingency management programme
… time preferences, and smoking cessation contingency management (CM) programmes. This dissertation evaluates a CM study and its effect on smokers' ability to quit and smoking intensity, together with their risk and time preferences. The experiment comprises 87 University of Cape Town …
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Executive function and contingency management for methamphetamine use disorder in South Africa: a comparison pre- and post-treatment
… Methamphetamine dependence may respond to contingency management, yet it is unclear if the treatment response is predicted by these neuropsychological, and brain functional and structural changes, and whether treatment alters neuropsychological impairment. I first conducted a systematic …
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Worksite Weight Loss Intervention Utilizing Monetary Incentives and Contingency Management for Overweight and Obese Employees at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
<p>Abstract:</p> <p><strong><em>Purpose:</em></strong> The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of a financial incentive on weight loss and diabetes risk score (DRS) following a tailored National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) weight loss intervention among adults who are overweight/obese …
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Therapy development of group contingency management in methadone treatment: Pilot 1 - the application of a percentile schedule to enhance attendance behaviors and cocaine abstinence
… substance abuse treatment, this study applied a contingency management (CM) procedure to behavior outcomes of the group as a whole. An algorithmic shaping percentile schedule was used to establish the outcome criteria determining group access to prize bowl drawings. Both the shaping schedule and …
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Developing and testing integrated decision support models for coastal management
… which is able to support and improve oil spill contingency management. In order to meet the challenge of decision making in response to or in preparation to oil or chemical spills, a framework for a model based integrated assessment and management support is proposed in this thesis. For this, …
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The versatility of counselling psychology in the field of substance misuse
… was part of a nationwide multisite trial of contingency management (CM) implemented by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA). The research programme aimed to target drug using, health and attendance related behaviours to gain an understanding of the acceptability and …
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Benzodiazepine and opioid dependence. Clinical and meta-analytical studies.
… re-arrest (d=0.63), and success (d=0.43). Contingency management increased retention rate and naltrexone use resulting in a reduced number of opioid positive urines.
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An evaluation technique for determining educational accountability
… an objective and systematic procedure for its' management and evaluation. A total of 12 emotionally disturbed and/or mentally retarded children from the Windsor School, Cheney School District, Cheney, Washington, were used as subjects in this study. A program for the basic addition facts was …
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Data-driven Project Management: Leveraging Analytics to Improve Monitoring and Control
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment