title: Contingency management of toothbrushing behavior in a summer camp for children.
abstract: The control of toothbrushing behavior by contingency management was studied with eight, 10 to 12-yr-old boys at a summer camp for children. This behavior occurred infrequently during baseline conditions with and without verbal instructions to the subjects to brush their teeth. Toothbrushing behavior was maintained at a high level when the behavior was required as a prerequisite for the opportunity to swim (contingency management). When, after 22 days, the contingency arrangement between toothbrushing and swimming was terminated, toothbrushing behavior returned to a low level.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Lattal