An experiment was conducted to contrast the effectiveness of Behavior Therapy administered in self, individual, or group therapy versus a no-treatment control condition. The therapy conditions were administered to two subgroups, high and low self reinforcers, as defined by Rosensky and Bellack (1976). The general hypothesis was that high self reinforcers would engage in countercontrol and therefore do poorly in group and individual therapy, but would lose weight in self therapy. Individual behavior therapy showed the best long term results, but self and group therapies also showed significant weight loss. It was also found that low self reinforcers as a group lost more weight than did high self reinforcers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc331025 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Bell, David Bradford |
| Contributors | Holloway, Harold D., Hughes, Howard, 1937-, Wenrich, W. W., 1932-, Schneider, Lawrence J., Haynes, Jack Read |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 106 leaves : ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Bell, David Bradford, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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