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Contingent Reinforcement of Personal Goal Activities for Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders During Post‐Residential Continuing Care
Author(s) -
Godley Susan H.,
Godley Mark D.,
Wright Kelli L.,
Funk Rodney R.,
Petry Nancy M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1080/10550490802138798
Subject(s) - abstinence , contingency management , recreation , psychology , goal setting , substance use , incentive , reinforcement , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , political science , law , economics , microeconomics , intervention (counseling)
Contingency management (CM) is efficacious in improving outcomes of substance‐abusing patients, but CM studies are relatively rare in adolescents. CM approaches can reinforce both abstinence and adherence to treatment‐related goal areas. This paper describes 1,739 different activities in 10 goal areas (e.g., education, family/friends, and social/recreational) chosen by 86 adolescents who were participating in a multiple week CM study that reinforced both abstinence and adherence with goal‐related activities. The mean activities selected was 20, and the mean completed was 13. Overall, 1,114 or 64% of chosen activities were completed. The clinical feasibility of activity incentive programs for adolescents is discussed.