Treatment relapse and behavioral momentum theory

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 814-833

  Pritchard, Duncan ^a   Hoerger, Marguerite ^a   Mace, F Charles ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral momentum; reinstatement; renewal; resurgence; treatment relapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFORCEMENT; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECURRENCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84916244076     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: 19383703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jaba.163     Document Type: Article

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