Progress in behavior modification. Volume 15 /

Progress in Behavior Modification, Volume 7 covers the developments in the study of behavioral modification. The book discusses the behavioral intervention with child abuse and neglect; the effects of depression in the mentally retarded; and the critical issues in the assessment of headache. The tex...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Hersen, Michel; Eisler, Richard M; Miller, Peter M. Peter Michael, 1942
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 1983.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/0099037X/15
Summary: Progress in Behavior Modification, Volume 7 covers the developments in the study of behavioral modification. The book discusses the behavioral intervention with child abuse and neglect; the effects of depression in the mentally retarded; and the critical issues in the assessment of headache. The text also describes social skills training; behavior modification in social work practice; and the outcomes and elements of behavioral contracting. The status of cognitive variables in assertiveness training is also considered. Psychologists and psychiatrists will find the book invaluable.
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource
ISBN: 9781483219158 (electronic bk.)
1483219151 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: BF637
CLC: B848.4
Contents: Front Cover; Progress in Behavior Modification; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1. Behavioral Intervention with Child Abuse and Neglect; I. Introduction; II. Frameworks for Viewing Child Abuse and Neglect; III. A Social Learning Approach to Family Interaction; IV. Effectiveness of Behavioral Methods; V. Recommendations for Future Efforts; VI. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. Depression in the Mentally Retarded: Toward a Conceptual Analysis of Diagnosis; I. Prevalence; II. Etiology; III. Diagnosis; IV. Conclusions and Future Directions; References.
Chapter 3. Critical Issues in the Assessment of HeadacheI. Introduction; II. Mechanisms and Treatment: From Past to Present; III. Basic Assessment Issues; IV. Client-Treatment Matching; V. Summary; References; Chapter 4. A Review of Generalization in Social Skills Training: Suggestions for Future Research; I. Introduction; II. Methodology for Review; III. Review of Studies; IV. Factors Related to Success and/or Failure of Generalization; V. Suggestions for Successful Training and Assessment of Generalization; VI. Ethical Considerations; VII. Conclusions; References.
Chapter 5. Behavior Modification in Social Work PracticeI. Introduction; II. Applications; III. Discussion; References; Chapter 6. Behavioral Contracting: Outcomes and Elements; I. Introduction; II. Examples and Operational Elements of Behavioral Contracting; III. Outcome Studies of Behavioral Contracting; IV. Summary and Integration: Toward Identifying Active Elements; References; Chapter 7. The Current Status of Cognitive Variables in Assertiveness Training; I. Introduction; II. Cognitive Components; III. Methodological Issues-Cognitive versus Behavioral Approaches to Treatment.
IV. Summary of Comparative Treatment StudiesV. Conclusions and Future Directions; References; Index; Contents of Previous Volumes.