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ASSESSING THE FEASIBILITY OF USING CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT TO MODIFY CIGARETTE SMOKING BY ADOLESCENTS
Author(s) -
Roll John M.
Publication year - 2005
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.2005.114-04
Subject(s) - contingency management , abstinence , intervention (counseling) , psychology , contingency , cigarette smoking , psychiatry , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy
Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Many smokers initiate this dangerous behavior during adolescence. This report describes a contingency management intervention designed to initate and maintain a period of abstinence from cigarettes by adolescent smokers. Results suggest that the intervention was generally successful and that further investigation of this topic is warranted.