A self-evaluation token system versus an external evaluation token system alone in a residential setting with predelinquent youth.
This study compared the effects of self-evaluation and adult-dispensed tokens on room-cleaning behavior of six predelinquent youths in a residential token-economy setting. The self-evaluation token system proved to be as effective as the external adult-administered system in increasing room-cleaning behavior and was more effective in maintaining performance after contingencies were withdrawn. The self-evaluation token system increased resistance to extinction, compared to the external token system, and appeared to be a useful component for a traditional token-economy system.
D000293:Adolescent; D006796:Household Work; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012647:Self-Assessment; D014040:Token Economy