Contingent reinforcement as an intervention to alter depressive thinking
Description:
The problem of this study is to determine the feasibility of using an operant treatment procedure to ameliorate several manifestations of depression. The purpose is to apply contingent positive reinforcement to the detection of nondepressive thoughts and to examine the effects of this procedure upon the frequency of nondepressive thoughts, idiosyncratic depressive manifestations, and scores on the Depression Inventory.
Date:
May 1976
Creator:
Gairing, Robert L.
Partner:
UNT Libraries