Implementing Behavior Modification in a Weight Control Program.

Everly, Jr., George Stotelmyer; Girdano, Dorothy Dusek

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ERIC Number: EJ235409

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1980

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Implementing Behavior Modification in a Weight Control Program.

Everly, Jr., George Stotelmyer; Girdano, Dorothy Dusek

Health Education (Washington D.C.), v11 n4 p15-17 Jul-Aug 1980

Behavior modification in a weight control program is examined in two models of operant and classical conditioning. Successful utilization of behavioral techniques is dependent on adherence to principles of learning, the skill and insight of the clinician, and the sensitivity to the individual needs of each client. (JN)

Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Body Weight, Classical Conditioning, Dietetics, Goal Orientation, Higher Education, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement, Responses, Self Actualization, Stimuli

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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