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THE TREATMENT OF “ANXIETY‐DEPRESSION” VIA POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT AND RESPONSE COST 1
Author(s) -
Reisinger James John
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1972.5-125
Subject(s) - token economy , crying , psychology , anxiety , reinforcement , depression (economics) , security token , payment , affect (linguistics) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , social psychology , computer security , finance , communication , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
A target behavior program, structured within a token economy project, was implemented to modify the behavior of an institutionalized patient who exhibited excessive rates of crying and no smiling responses. To affect both responses concurrently, token costs were made contingent upon crying and token payments and/or social reinforcements were provided for smiling. The results indicated both the feasibility of eliminating “anxiety‐depression” within an institutional environment and the efficacy of the treatment procedures 14 months after discharge.