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ATTENDANCE RATES IN A WORKPLACE PREDICT SUBSEQUENT OUTCOME OF EMPLOYMENT‐BASED REINFORCEMENT OF COCAINE ABSTINENCE IN METHADONE PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Donlin Wendy D.,
Knealing Todd W.,
Needham Mick,
Wong Conrad J.,
Silverman Kenneth
Publication year - 2008
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.2008.41-499
Subject(s) - abstinence , urinalysis , contingency management , methadone , attendance , reinforcement , psychology , token economy , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , urine , social psychology , economic growth , economics , intervention (counseling)
This study assessed whether attendance rates in a workplace predicted subsequent outcome of employment‐based reinforcement of cocaine abstinence. Unemployed adults in Baltimore methadone programs who used cocaine ( N = 111) could work in a workplace for 4 hr every weekday and earn $10.00 per hour in vouchers for 26 weeks. During an induction period, participants provided urine samples but could work independent of their urinalysis results. After the induction period, participants had to provide urinalysis evidence of cocaine abstinence to work and maintain maximum pay. A multiple regression analysis showed that induction period attendance was independently associated with urinalysis evidence of cocaine abstinence under the employment‐based abstinence reinforcement contingency. Induction period attendance may measure the reinforcing value of employment and could be used to guide the improvement of employment‐based abstinence reinforcement.