TREATING OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN THROUGH PARENTAL TRAINING AND CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1975, Pages 269-278

  Aragona, Jon ^a   Cassady, John ^a   Drabman, Ronald S ^a  

^a Florida Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

children; contingency contracting; fines; home based reinforcement; obesity; parental training; parents as therapists; response cost; weight control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUNISHMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PARENTS; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0016547001     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: 19383703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1975.8-269     Document Type: Article

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