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Technology transfer through performance management: the effects of graphical feedback and positive reinforcement on drug treatment counselors' behavior
(Transfert de technicité par la gestion des performances : les effets de renforcement positif et d'analyse du feedback sur le comportement des intervenants spécialisés dans le traitement de l'abus de drogues)
Auteur(s) :
ANDRZEJEWSKI, M. E. ;
KIRBY, K. C. ;
MORRAL, A. R. ;
IGUCHI, M. Y.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
179-186
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2001, 63, (2), 179-186
Résumé :
After drug treatment counselors at a community-based methadone treatment clinic were trained in implementing a contingency management (CM) intervention, baseline measures of performance revealed that, on average, counselors were meeting the performance criteria specified by the treatment protocol about 42% of the time. Counselors were exposed to graphical feedback and a drawing for cash prizes in an additive within-subjects design to assess the effectiveness of these interventions in improving protocol adherence. Counselor performance measures increased to 71% during the graphical feedback condition, and to 81% during the drawing. Each counselor's performance improved during the intervention conditions. Additional analyses suggested that counselors did not have skill deficits that hindered implementation. Rather, protocol implementation occurred more frequently when consequences were added, thereby increasing the overall proportion of criteria met. Generalizations, however, may be limited due to a small sample size and possible confounding of time and intervention effects. Nonetheless, present results show promise that feedback and positive reinforcement could be used to improve technology transfer of behavioral interventions into community clinic settings. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Dept. Psychol., Temple Univ., Weiss Hall (265-66), PA 19122
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.