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A DEPOSIT CONTRACT METHOD TO DELIVER ABSTINENCE REINFORCEMENT FOR CIGARETTE SMOKING
Author(s) -
Dallery Jesse,
Meredith Steven,
Glenn Irene M.
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.2008.41-609
Subject(s) - abstinence , voucher , reinforcement , contingency management , psychology , alcoholics anonymous , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , business , accounting , intervention (counseling)
Eight smokers were randomly assigned to a deposit contract ($50.00) or to a no‐deposit group. Using a reversal design, participants could recoup their deposit (deposit group) or earn vouchers (no‐deposit group) for smoking reductions and abstinence (breath carbon monoxide [CO] ≤ 4 parts per million) during treatment phases. Treatment was delivered via a novel Internet‐based method to monitor smoking status. Although equivalent decreases in breath CO and abstinence were observed during treatment in both groups, $178.50 in vouchers were distributed to participants in the no‐deposit group, whereas a small surplus remained in the deposit group. A deposit contract method may represent a cost‐effective model to deliver abstinence reinforcement for cigarette smoking.