TOKEN ECONOMIES IN AN ADOLESCENT HOME.
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Title
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TOKEN ECONOMIES IN AN ADOLESCENT HOME.
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Identifier
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AAI8103964
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identifier
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8103964
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Creator
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THOMAS, JAMES LAWRENCE.
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Contributor
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Harold Wilensky
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Date
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1980
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical
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Abstract
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Two different types of token economies were implemented sequentially in an adolescent home for fifty-two weeks. The first token system was a simple points system whereby residence could receive rewards by completing selected desirable behaviors. The second system was a "Level System." In this system each resident was at one of six different levels, one through five and the "elite" level. Level one was the poorest level of behavior, and level five was the highest level of monitored behavior. An elite was a client who had graduated out of the token system, and all privileges were given free. Though level systems have been noted in the literature comparisons between a level system and a conventional token economy had not been studied in detail.;A time-series analysis revealed significantly improved behaviors between baseline and the points system in school attendance, rising behavior, bedtime behavior, and curfew violations. Significant differences between the points system and the last phase, the level system, revealed further improvements, rising behavior, bedtime behavior, curfew violations, fights, substance abuse, and other violations. Differences between boys and girls were also found in an analysis of variance.;A final chapter presented a detailed organizational analysis of the agency in which the study took place and is based on the writings of Bion, A. K. Rice and Phillip Slater. This chapter is meant to provide the overall context of the year long project, and can also be used as an organizational assessment model.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
