A community-reinforcement approach to alcoholism |
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Authors: | G M Hunt N H Azrin |
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Institution: | Southern Illinois University and Anna State Hospital, Anna, Illinois, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Several theoretical approaches to alcoholism exist. An opérant reinforcement approach was used in the present study to develop a new procedure that rearranged community reinforcers such as the job, family and social relations of the alcoholic such that drinking produced a time-out from a high density of reinforcement. The results showed that the alcoholics who received this Community-Reinforcement counseling drank less, worked more, spent more time with their families and out of institutions than did a matched control group of alcoholics who did not receive these procedures. This new approach appears to be an effective method of reducing alcoholism. An analysis in reinforcement terms is presented of the etiology, epidemiology, and treatment of alcoholism. |
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Keywords: | Reprints may be obtained from either author Behavior Research Laboratory Anna State Hospital Anna Illinois 62906 USA |
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