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The Application of Group Contingent Reinforcement to Hospitalized Adolescents

Fifteen hospitalized adolescents were used as subjects. An individually consequated token economy was in effect during baseline. Measures were taken of work output, attending behavior, and disruptive behavior. During the treatment phase, reinforcement was contingent upon the performance of a randomly selected subgroup. Following the treatment phase, the individual token system was reinstated for baseline-2 measures. The mean performance of the group during baseline was compared to performance under treatment conditions for work output and attending behaviors. In addition, performance of the contingent subgroup was compared to performance of the non-contingent group. No significant t values were obtained. With failure to obtain significant t values, the null hypothesis was not rejected, i.e., the two conditions were not proven significantly different.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663100
Date05 1900
CreatorsFlynn, Michael Howard
ContributorsHaynes, Jack Read, Aronson, Harriet
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formativ, 29 leaves: ill., Text
RightsPublic, Flynn, Michael Howard, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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