The Good Behavior Game: 1969-2002

Behavior Modification

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-253

  Tingstrom, Daniel H ^a   Sterling Turner, Heather E ^a   Wilczynski, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom management; Contingency management; Group contingency

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME; GOOD BEHAVIOR GAME; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; TOKEN ECONOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32144445948     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: 15524167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445503261165     Document Type: Review

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