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Alive and Well: The State of Behavioral Gerontology in 2011.
- Source :
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Behavior Therapy . Mar2011, Vol. 42 Issue 1, p3-8. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- In this paper, the authors present a brief personal account of the senior author's 30 years of exploration in behavioral gerontology. The main thesis of the paper is that behavioral methods and interventions have found a home both in mainstream gerontology and at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). There are three sections: (a) a personal vignette discussing the problems inherent in using operant terminology in a nonoperant world; (b) a discussion, with examples from NIH sources, of the Institutes' views on behavior change; and (c) using Burgio and Burgio (1986) as a reference point, the authors show evidence of progress and vitality of behavioral gerontology in 2011. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00057894
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Behavior Therapy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 58681176
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2010.08.003