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Effects of Escalating Schedules of Reinforcement, Self-Monitoring and Incremental Goal Setting on the Number of Daily Steps Taken During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Effects of Escalating Schedules of Reinforcement, Self-Monitoring and Incremental Goal Setting on the Number of Daily Steps Taken During the COVID-19 Pandemic./
Author:	Arnn, Cherie C.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2021,
Description:	79 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-02, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International83-02B.
Subject:	Behavioral sciences. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28542909
ISBN:	9798534658149

Effects of Escalating Schedules of Reinforcement, Self-Monitoring and Incremental Goal Setting on the Number of Daily Steps Taken During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Arnn, Cherie C.

Effects of Escalating Schedules of Reinforcement, Self-Monitoring and Incremental Goal Setting on the Number of Daily Steps Taken During the COVID-19 Pandemic. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2021 - 79 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-02, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 2021.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Behavioral principles, specifically reinforcement systems, utilize contingencies within the environment to help modify behavior. By changing contingencies that are connected to specific behaviors, the behaviors are increased or decreased. These principles can be applied to the behavior of physical activity and in turn have an impact on a person's weight and overall health. One of the world's leading risk factors for death, according to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2017) is low levels of physical activity. Inactivity can have multiple side effects such as obesity, increased depression, diabetes, greater chance of cardiovascular disease and cancer which all increase the likelihood of death. Obesity in America, within the last decade, has risen to epidemic levels. This study assessed the effects of an intervention package that consisted of an escalating reinforcement schedule, self-monitoring and incremental goal setting on the average number of daily steps taken by females over the age of 40 during the COVID-10 pandemic. A changing criterion design with a reversal phase was arranged to evaluate the effects of the intervention package on the average number of steps taken by each participant as recorded by an Apple Watch. The results indicate that the average number of daily steps taken gradually increased for three of the four participants during each phase of the project. While no significant changes were noted in weight or BMI scores for any of the participants, this research demonstrated the effective use of the treatment package to gradually increase the average number of daily steps taken over a period of 6 weeks. The implications for society as a whole include extending the literature to make advances toward societal change, reducing health risks, and increasing not only physical activity but also the ability to access reinforcement and other socially significant activities that are inaccessible at lower levels of activity. Keywords: changing criterion design, escalating schedules of reinforcement, exercise, incremental goal setting, physical activity, self-management, self-monitoring, self- regulating, self-recording.

ISBN: 9798534658149Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Behavioral sciences.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Self-management

Effects of Escalating Schedules of Reinforcement, Self-Monitoring and Incremental Goal Setting on the Number of Daily Steps Taken During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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