Interdependent Group Contingency Management for Cocaine‐dependent Methadone Maintenance Patients

Kirby, Kimberly C.; Kerwin, MaryLouise E.; Carpenedo, Carolyn M.; Rosenwasser, Beth; Gardner, Robert S.

doi:10.1901/jaba.2008.41-579

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“…Clinicians would like to target more than one behavior simultaneously (e.g. attendance and abstinence) and some prior research has suggested ways that more than one behavior might be addressed without significant drops in efficacy (e.g., Ghitza et al, 2008; Kirby et al, 2008; Petry & Martin, 2002). Addressing multiple behaviors may improve implementation of CM.…”

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Is exposure to an effective contingency management intervention associated with more positive provider beliefs?

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Carpenedo

Stitzer³

et al. 2012

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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This study empirically examined opinions of treatment providers regarding Contingency Management (CM) programs while controlling for experience with a specific efficacious CM program. In addition to empirically describing provider opinions, we examined whether the opinions of providers at the sites that implemented the CM program were more positive than those of matched providers at sites that did not implement it. Participants from 7 CM treatment sites (n = 76) and 7 matched non-participating sites (n = 69) within the same nodes of NIDA's Clinical Trials Network completed the Provider Survey of Incentives (PSI), which assesses positive and negative beliefs about incentive programs. An intent-to-treat analysis found no differences in the PSI summary scores of providers in CM program vs. matched sites, but correcting for experience with tangible incentives showed significant differences, with providers from CM sites reporting more positive opinions than those from matched sites. Some differences were found in opinions regarding costs of incentives and these generally indicated that participants from CM sites were more likely to see the costs as worthwhile. The results from the study suggest that exposing community treatment providers to incentive programs may itself be an effective strategy in prompting the dissemination of CM interventions.

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Is exposure to an effective contingency management intervention associated with more positive provider beliefs?

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Carpenedo

Stitzer³

et al. 2012

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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“…For example, tokens can be given and never removed (Drabman, Spitalnik, & Spitalnik, 1974;Kirby, Kerwin, Carpenedo, Rosenwasser, & Gardner, 2008;. The teacher may present a token each time a desired behavior occurs and never remove tokens when an undesired behavior occurs.…”

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A Comparison of Cost and Reward Procedures With Interdependent Group Contingencies

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Disruptive behavior is considered the most common concern among general education teachers. Due to the nature of disruptive behavior amongst multiple students in the classroom, it ha been suggested that the most reasonable way of handling disruptive classroom behavior is through group contingencies while utilizing token economies. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of token economies within a general education classroom. Two elementary school teachers and their students participated. Conditions included baseline, response cost, and gain. During response cost conditions, tokens were removed contingent on disruptive behavior. During gain conditions, tokens were provided contingent on the absence of disruptive behavior. Results indicate that both procedures are effective to reduce the overall number of students disrupting and neither condition completely suppressed disruptive behavior. Implications are that both response cost and gain procedures are an efficient procedure to reduce the overall number of students disrupting in the general education classroom.

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“…Another example of behavioral technology is a group contingency (Gresham & Gresham, 1982; Kirby, Kerwin, Carpenedo, Rosenwasser, & Gardner, 2008; Williamson, Williamson, Watkins, & Hughes, 1992). A group contingency is arranged when consequences (e.g., vouchers exchangeable for goods and services) are delivered to each member of a group only if all members of the group meet a specified criterion.…”

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Internet-based group contingency management to promote smoking abstinence.

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Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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Internet-based group contingencies have been shown to promote brief periods of abstinence from cigarette smoking. Under a group contingency, small teams of smokers must collectively meet abstinence goals to receive monetary consequences. The present study investigated two arrangements, one in which all team members had to meet group treatment goals to receive monetary consequences (Full Group), and one in which team members had to meet some group goals and some individual goals to receive these consequences (Mixed Group). Mōtiv8 Systems, an Internet-based remote monitoring platform, was used to collect video-recorded breath carbon monoxide (CO) samples. All team members could communicate with each other via an online discussion forum. During baseline conditions, only 3.3% of CO samples were negative for smoking, which suggests that self-monitoring and access to the online discussion forum were insufficient to initiate abstinence. When the group contingencies were instituted 41.3% of CO samples were negative. There were no statistically significant differences between the two arrangements in the percentage of negative CO samples or point prevalence at the end of treatment or at the 3-month follow-up. Participants posted an average of 25 comments on the discussion forum, most of which were rated as positive by independent observers. The mean cost of vouchers per participant was lower in the Full Group ($33) relative to the Mixed group ($190). The present results replicate and extend previous findings on group contingencies to promote abstinence and social support.

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Interdependent Group Contingency Management for Cocaine‐dependent Methadone Maintenance Patients

Cited by 23 publications

References 55 publications

Is exposure to an effective contingency management intervention associated with more positive provider beliefs?

Is exposure to an effective contingency management intervention associated with more positive provider beliefs?

A Comparison of Cost and Reward Procedures With Interdependent Group Contingencies

Internet-based group contingency management to promote smoking abstinence.

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