Topic
Countercontrol
About: Countercontrol is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 31 publications have been published within this topic receiving 430 citations.
Papers
TL;DR: It appears that sleep-maintenance insomnia may be more difficult to treat than sleep-onset problems, and older people experienced more time awake after sleep onset prior to treatment than younger people.
Abstract: We administered countercontrol behavioral therapy for sleep-maintenance insomnia to 34 insomniacs--ranging in age from 35 to 78 years--in small groups. Twenty-two subjects received immediate and 12 received delayed treatment. Three self-report measures of sleep disruption were collected on daily sleep diaries at baseline, termination of treatment, 1-month follow-up, and 12-month follow-up. Although amount of time awake at night was correlated with age (r = .50), response to treatment was not. Even though older people experienced more time awake after sleep onset prior to treatment, they were able to profit from therapy as well as the younger insomniacs. Countercontrol therapy reduced the sleep complaint for the total group by about 30% at the end of treatment, with gradual improvement continuing through a 4-week follow-up. Nevertheless, it appears that sleep-maintenance insomnia may be more difficult to treat than sleep-onset problems.
67 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest that some children who are diagnosed with chronic behavior disorders might be countercontrolling the very persons who try to control them, and they define countercontrol, explain how it might occur, and offer guidelines for resolving the problem.
Abstract: A common feature of interventions for students with behavioral difficulties is an attempt by such authorities as parents and teachers to establish increased control over students' behaviors, which can lead to countercontrol. Attempts to exert even greater control over a student who is countercontrolling increase the student's opportunity to countercontrol. In this article, the authors suggest that some children who are diagnosed with chronic behavior disorders might be countercontrolling the very persons who try to control them. The authors define countercontrol, explain how it might occur, and offer guidelines for resolving the problem.
51 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the potential for teacher escape, avoidance, and counter-control responses to the detrimental for both teachers and students is presented, as well as suggestions for addressing aversive behaviors of students in ways to reduce the potential detrimental impact.
Abstract: We develop hypothese based on the research literature regarding behavioral responses to aversive stimuli. Specifically, escape, avoidance, and countercontrol responses are presented as teacher behaviors which may occur in the presence of disruptive and aggressive behaviors (aversive stimuli) which, in part, characterize many students with severe behavior disorders (SBD). The potential for teacher escape, avoidance, and countercontrol responses to the detrimental for both teachers and students is presented, as well as suggestions for addressing aversive behaviors of students in ways to reduce the potential detrimental impact.
45 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a bogus pipeline condition was developed that included bogus lie detector equipment leading participants to believe that their true affective-evaluative responses were being observed, suggesting that the effect is spontaneous and not due to proces.
Abstract: Recent studies have shown that the basic evaluative conditioning (EC) effect (originally neutral stimuli acquiring an affective value congruent with the valence of the affective stimulus they were paired with) seems to be limited to participants who are unaware of the stimulus pairings If participants are aware of the pairings, reactance effects occur (ie, changes in the opposite direction of the valence of the affective stimulus) To examine whether these reactance effects are due to processes of conscious countercontrol or whether the ratings reflect intrinsic feelings towards the stimuli, a new procedure was developed that included a bogus‐pipeline condition In this procedure, which was adapted from attitude research, participants were connected to bogus lie detector equipment leading them to believe that their “true” affective‐evaluative responses were being observed In Experiment 1, reactance effects occurred also in this procedure, suggesting that the effect is spontaneous and not due to proces
38 citations
TL;DR: This study evaluates a technology by which the members of a student housing cooperative manage their own staff with a minimum of supervision by one of the program designers, which consisted of prompts, self-reports, spot checks, and contingent rent reductions.
Abstract: To apply behavior analysis to normal adults in non institutional settings, we may have to encourage their participation in the design and implementation of behavioral technology. This study evaluates a technology by which the members of a student housing cooperative manage their own staff with a minimum of supervision by one of the program designers. This staff management system consisted of prompts, self-reports, spot checks, and contingent rent reductions. Six resident staff members performed substantially more of their assigned tasks when this system was used. In addition, the management system was acceptable to the members, was affordable, and maintained high levels of staff performance during a 5-year follow-up. Participation by the members in the design and implementation of this system appears to have been useful in helping the behavior analysts to develop an unusually durable management system.
20 citations
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| 2021 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 |