Improving Homework Compliance in Career Counseling With a Behavioral Activation Functional Assessment Procedure: A Pilot Study

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-266

  Baruch, David E ^a   Kanter, Jonathan W ^a   Bowe, William M ^a   Pfennig, Sherri L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALUMNUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATING SCALE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 79952629842     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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