WEIGHT-LOSS PROGRAM USING SELF-CONTROL TECHNIQUES IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY - AN EXPERIMENTAL CASE STUDY

• NCJ Number: 42998
• Journal: OFFENDER REHABILITATION Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Dated: (SPRING 1977) Pages: 283-290
• Author(s): E E GOLDENBERG; J DENINNO
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: Haworth Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DESCRIPTION OF A STUDY CONDUCTED AT THE WISCONSIN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION THAT ILLUSTRATES THE EFFICIENCY AND ADAPTABILITY OF A SELF-CONTROL PROGRAM FOR WEIGHT REDUCTION WHEN USED IN A CLINICALLY CHALLENGING SETTING.

Abstract

SELF-CONTROL TECHNIQUES WERE TAUGHT TO AN OBSESE TWENTY-SEVEN YEAR-OLD BLACK MALE TO HELP MODIFY OVEREATING. SELF-REINFORCEMENT WAS UTILIZED IN ADDITION TO SYSTEMATIC ISOLATION OF CHAINED EATING BEHAVIOR FROM ASSOCIATED STIMULUS SITUATIONS. A PHYSICAL EXERCISE PROGRAM WAS EMPLOYED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SELF-CONTROL TECHNIQUES. FORTY POUNDS WERE LOST IN EIGHT MONTHS AND, ON A SEVEN-MONTH FOLLOW-UP STUDY, PROGRAM MAINTENANCE WAS ATTAINED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...KAP