title: The relative contribution of economic valence to contingency management efficacy: a pilot study.
abstract: We investigated the extent to which a contingency management (CM) procedure that deducted money from a grand total available at the end of the study compared to a procedure in which money accumulated with continued abstinence from cigarette smoking. Results suggested that the procedure in which money increased contingent on abstinence resulted in a significantly greater likelihood of obtaining a clinically relevant (i.e., 48-hr) period of abstinence. In terms of attendance, participants in the condition in which monetary reinforcement accrued with consecutive instances of abstinence were significantly less likely to miss consecutive appointments than those in which money was deducted for failure to abstain.
authors.affiliation: Program of Excellence in the Addictions, Washington State University, P.O. Box 1495, Spokane, Washington 99210, USA. johnroll@wsu.edu
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Roll
authors.forename: Joni T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Howard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001944:Breath Tests; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011678:Punishment; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D014040:Token Economy