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Sustainability, Volume 13, Issue 5 (March-1 2021) – 581 articles

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• Sustainability, Volume 13, Issue 5 (March-1 2021) – 581 articles
• Related Papers
• What are some examples of behavioral interventions?
• What should be the first step when using behavior modification procedures to decrease a behavior?
• What question should be asked when assessing what goals or interventions should be put in place for a client?
• Which of the following procedures for dealing with an unstable baseline might be appropriate in some situations?

Cover Story (view full-size image): While excessive plastic use has severe ecological consequences, the distant nature of these consequences may limit their effect on individual plastic use behavior. In a field experiment, we tried to address this problem by linking plastic bag use to more direct consequences. Takeaway customers of a fast-food restaurant were informed that, for every unused plastic bag, a small donation would be made to a charitable organization. In comparison to control conditions, the likelihood of using a restaurant-provided plastic bag was more than halved when plastic-bag refusal led to such prosocial incentives. While this experiment provides support for the general effectiveness of prosocial incentives, more research is needed to determine what kind of prosocial incentives are most effective in shaping plastic bag use and other environmentally relevant behaviors. View this paper

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Background The evidence base for forensic mental health (FMH) services has been developing since the late 1990s. Are outcome measures sound enough for the evaluation tasks?Aims To identify, from published literature, outcome measures used in FMH research and, where feasible, assess their quality.Method A structured review was undertaken of trials and intervention studies published between 1990 and 2006. Details of outcome variables and measures were abstracted. Evidence regarding most frequently occurring outcome measures was assessed.Results Four hundred and fifty different instruments were used to assess outcomes, incorporating 1038 distinct variables. Very little evidence could be found to support the measurement properties of commonly used instruments.Conclusions and implications for practice There is little consistency in the use of outcome measure in FMH research. Effort is required to reach consensus on validated outcome measures in this field in order to better inform practice. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Executive Summary There has been a resurgence of interest in offender rehabilitation, both in Australia and overseas. This is based upon a mounting body of international research suggesting that programs can be effective in reducing rates of re-offending. In light of this, it is surprising that comparatively little information (either outcome-based or descriptive) is currently available about offender programs delivered to offenders in Australia.

Executive Summary The use of offender treatment programs and other rehabilitation strategies is becoming common practice in correctional jurisdictions, nationally and internationally, due to the increasing evidence-base concluding these efforts have a greater impact on recidivism than imprisonment. In turn, correctional administrators invest significant levels of resource in the development and delivery of offender rehabilitation programs, and associated policy, staff training, monitoring an evaluation.

Interest into the rehabilitative utility of Buddhist-derived interventions (BDIs) for incarcerated populations has been growing. The present paper systematically reviews the evidence for BDIs in correctional settings. Five databases were systematically searched. Controlled intervention studies of BDIs that utilized incarcerated samples were included. Jadad scoring was used to evaluate methodological quality. PRISMA (preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis) guidelines were followed. The initial search yielded 85 papers, but only eight studies met the inclusion criteria. The eight eligible studies comprised two mindfulness studies, four vipassana meditation studies, and two studies utilizing other BDIs. Intervention participants demonstrated significant improvements across five key criminogenic variables: (i) negative affect, (ii) substance use (and related attitudes), (iii) anger and hostility, (iv) relaxation capacity, and (v) self-esteem and optimism. There were a number of major quality issues. It is concluded that BDIs may be feasible and effective rehabilitative interventions for incarcerated populations. However, if the potential suitability and efficacy of BDIs for prisoner populations is to be evaluated in earnest, it is essential that methodological rigor is substantially improved. Studies that can overcome the ethical issues relating to randomization in correctional settings and employ robust randomized controlled trial designs are favored.

What are some examples of behavioral interventions?

What should be the first step when using behavior modification procedures to decrease a behavior?

What question should be asked when assessing what goals or interventions should be put in place for a client?

Which of the following procedures for dealing with an unstable baseline might be appropriate in some situations?