Using vicarious reinforcement to increase client assignment completion

Title
Using vicarious reinforcement to increase client assignment completion
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Malouff, John M
Schutte, Nicola
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-7659
Email: nschutte@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nschutte
Rooke, Sally E
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Behavior Analyst Online
Place of publication
United States of America
UNE publication id
une:6456
Abstract
Research evidence supports the efficacy of vicarious reinforcement in increasing client completion of between-session assignments. The use of vicarious reinforcement involves presenting, usually in an anecdote, the example of a real-life person who performed a task similar to the one about to be assigned to a client and benefitted. The vicarious-reinforcement effect on the target behaviour of assignment completion can likely be enhanced by using multiple models, and by using models who are likeable, high in prestige, and similar to the client. In some cases, the therapist can provide a personal anecdote to increase the chances the client will complete an assignment.
Link
Citation
The Behavior Analyst Today, 9(2), p. 150-152
ISSN
1539-4352
Start page
150
End page
152

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