Reinforcement and Weight Loss in Schizophrenics
- 1 April 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 30 (2) , 581-582
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1972.30.2.581
Abstract
Weight loss for 5 schizophrenics was effected during 90 days of a 180-day period in a token-economy paradigm using tokens as reinforcers for weight loss.Keywords
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