• ISBN13: 9788126940929
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Education & Psychology
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: February 12, 2025
• Pages: 282
• Original Price: INR 595.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 650 grams
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Behaviour Therapy is based on the application of principles of learning to change human behaviour. In the last two decades, it has grown into a promising scientific discipline. This development is exemplified by extensive research and applications. The present book provides a unifying account of its contemporary developments, linking underlying theories with practice. This book is divided into three sections. In the first section, basic assumptions of behaviour therapy are examined and emerging trends such as radical behaviourism, cognitive behaviourism and systematic eclectism are dealt with in a systematic manner. In the second section, the techniques of behaviour therapy, their theoretical bases and applications have been illustrated with the help of empirical studies. The concluding section focuses on the contemporary issues of research and practice of behaviour therapy. Although primarily written for mental-health professionals working on behaviour therapy, this book serves as an informative reference for a wide range of readers, including practitioners in the field of clinical psychology, psychiatry. social work and related disciplines.

S. P. K. Jena is Senior Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi. He is a frained Clinical Psychologist, with an MPhil degree in Medical and Social Psychology from National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi. He was also the Editor of Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology and a recipient of Dr. V. Kumaraiah Oration Award from National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences and H. N. Murthy Oration Award from Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists for his significant contribution to the field of cognitive-behaviour therapy and behavioural medicine. His other publications are Perspectives in Mental Retardation, Learning Disability: Theory to Practice and Homelessness: Research, Practice and Policy.

• List of Figures xi
• Preface xiii
• Acknowledgements xvii
• I. Foundations, Developmental Issues and Assessment
• 1. The Philosophical and Historical Foundations 3
• The Terminology and Basic Assumptions 4
• Historical Perspective 6
• Radical Behaviourism 8
• Cognitive Behaviourism 10
• Systematic Eclecticism 12
• 2. Conceptual Issues 14
• Antecedents 15
• Consequences 16
• Stimulus Control 18
• Generalisation and Discrimination 18
• Applications 20
• 3. Psychobiological Basis of Behaviour Therapy 23
• Behavioural ‘Markers’ 24
• Stimulus Complex and Functional Autonomy 25
• Early Trauma 25
• Conditionability 25
• Reinforcement 26
• Cognitive Map, Brain Injury and ‘Diaschisis’ 27
• 4. Developmental Perspective 28
• Child as a Client 29
• Identifying Dysfunction 29
• Learning and Developmental Progression 30
• Preparedness 30
• Cognitive Developmental Level and Treatment Outcome 31
• Capacity to Use Imagery 31
• Self-control 31
• Initiation of Motor Acts 31
• Self-prohibitive Rule 32
• Adaptation of Techniques 32
• Treatment Decisions 33
• Recommendations 33
• 5. Behavioural Assessment and Diagnosis 35
• Behavioural Diagnosis 36
• Initial Analysis of Problem Situation 37
• Clarification of Problem Situation 37
• Motivational Analysis 37
• Developmental Analysis 37
• Analysis of Self-control 38
• Analysis of Social Relationships 38
• Analysis of the Social-cultural-physical Environment 38
• Behavioural Assessment 39
• Defining Behaviour 39
• Checklists 39
• Self-assessment 39
• Direct Behavioural Observation 40
• Methods of Observation 40
• Event Recording 41
• Duration Recording 41
• Latency Recording 44
• Interval Sampling 45
• Real-time Sampling 45
• Intensity Recording 45
• Assessing Group Behaviour 46
• Observer Training 48
• Analogue Assessment 48
• Paper-and-pencil Analogue 48
• Audio-visual Analogue 48
• Enactment and Roleplay Analogue 49
• Observer Agreement 49
• Methods of Computing Inter-observer Agreement 49
• Frequency Ratio 50
• Point-by-point Agreement 50
• Correlation Method 51
• II. Techniques of Behaviour Therapy
• 6. Reinforcing Desirable Responding 55
• Nature of Reinforcement 55
• Types of Reinforcers 57
• Edibles 58
• Activity 58
• Premack’s Principle 60
• Attention 60
• Tokens 61
• Schedules of Reinforcement 61
• Automatic Reinforcement 62
• Case Study 62
• Reinforcer Sampling 64
• Effects of Reinforcement on Therapist 64
• 7. Developing New Behaviour 65
• Shaping 65
• Stimulus Shaping 66
• Response Shaping 67
• Chaining 69
• Task Analysis 69
• Forward Chaining 70
• Backward Chaining 72
• Prompting and Fading 73
• Stimulus Prompts 73
• Response Prompts 73
• Response Fading 74
• Stimulus Fading 74
• 8. Modelling and Observational Learning 76
• Rationale 76
• Modelling 77
• Vicarious Contingencies 77
• Participant Modelling 78
• Effects of Modelling 78
• 1. Observational Learning Effect 78
• 2. Inhibitory–Disinhibitory Effect 78
• 3. Response Facilitation Effect 79
• Modelling Process 79
• Attention Process 79
• Retention Process 80
• Motor Reproduction Process 80
• Motivational Process 80
• Modelling in Relation to Other Therapies 81
• Applications 81
• 9. Aversive Procedures 84
• Types of Punishment 85
• Theories 85
• Rationale 86
• Uses and Abuses 86
• Aversive Stimuli 87
• Determinants of Effective Punishment 89
• Generalisation of Treatment 89
• Effects of Punishment 90
• Conditioned Emotional Response 90
• Aggression 91
• Habituation 91
• Predictors of Positive Outcome 91
• Ethical Issues 92
• Conclusion 94
• 10. Non-aversive Procedures 96
• Extinction 96
• Applications 97
• Factors Affecting Effectiveness of Extinction 97
• Differential Reinforcement 99
• Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviour or ‘0’ Rate Behaviour (DRO) 99
• Differential Reinforcement of Low Rate Behaviour (DRL) 100
• Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behaviour (DRI) 100
• Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behaviour (DRA) 101
• Punishment by Withdrawal 101
• Time-out 101
• How Long should the Time-out be? 103
• Schedules of Time-out 103
• Response Cost 105
• Overcorrection 106
• 11. Exposure Procedures 109
• Flooding 109
• Flooding and Systematic Desensitisation 110
• Implosion 112
• Aversion Relief 113
• 12. Relaxation and Systematic Desensitisation 114
• Relaxation 114
• Systematic Desensitisation 116
• Theoretical Basis 117
• Reciprocal Inhibition Theory 117
• Habituation Theory 118
• Cognitive Theory 119
• Method 119
• a. Relaxation Training 119
• b. Construction of Hierarchy 119
• c. Desensitisation Procedure 120
• 13. Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique 122
• The Technique 122
• The Rationale 123
• Research 124
• Applications 125
• Conclusion 127
• 14. Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing: EMDR 128
• The Process 131
• Theoretical Models 132
• Adaptive Information-processing Model 132
• Conditioning Model 132
• Orienting Response Model 133
• Applications 134
• Empirical Studies 135
• Future Direction 136
• 15. Covert Conditioning Procedures 137
• Covert Sensitisation 138
• Theory 138
• Research and Application 139
• Sexual Deviance 139
• Addictive Behaviour 140
• Overeating 142
• Thought-stopping 143
• Theory 144
• Research and Application 144
• Obsession 144
• Phobia 144
• Empirical Status 145
• 16. Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy 146
• Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy 147
• The A-B-C Paradigm of REBT 148
• The Techniques 149
• Cognitive Techniques 149
• Emotive-experiential Techniques 150
• Activity-oriented Behavioural Techniques 150
• Beck’s Cognitive Therapy 150
• The Techniques 151
• Collaborative Empiricism 151
• Socratic Dialogue 152
• Guided Discovery 152
• Stress Inoculation 153
• 1. Cognitive Preparation 153
• 2. Skill Acquisition 154
• 3. Application and Practice 154
• Applications of CBT 154
• Religiosity and Spirituality 161
• Conclusion 161
• III. R esearch and Practise
• 17. Research Designs 165
• Group Designs 165
• Randomisation 166
• Limitations of Group Designs 167
• Single-case Designs 168
• Independent Variables 169
• Baseline 169
• B Design 170
• B-C Design 170
• A-B Design 171
• A-B-C Design 172
• A-B-A Design 172
• A-B-A-C-D Design 173
• Successive and Simultaneous Designs 173
• Combined or Interaction Designs 175
• A-BC-B-BC Design 175
• Multiple Baseline Designs 175
• Within-subject Variability 176
• 18. The Evidence-based Approach 177
• Theory-driven vs Diagnosis-based Protocol Approach 178
• Evidence-based Behaviour Therapy 179
• Type I: Efficacy Research 179
• Type II: Transportability 180
• Type III: Dissemination 180
• Type IV: System Evaluation 180
• 19. Ethical Issues in Behaviour Therapy 181
• Humanism and Behaviour Therapy 182
• Acceptability of Treatment 182
• Informed Consent 183
• Confidentiality 183
• Balancing Harms and Benefits 183
• Respect for Human Dignity 184
• Bibliography 185
• Appendices 229
• Appendix 1: Adult Behaviour History Form 229
• Appendix 2: Child Behaviour History Form 232
• Appendix 3: Behaviour Analysis Form 235
• Appendix 4: Treatment Consent Form 236
• Appendix 5: Treatment Record Form 238
• Appendix 6: Home Assignment Form 239
• Index 241
• About the Author 263