Behavior Control - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

First-year students' perceptions about pediatric dental behavior guidance techniques: the effect of education.

30 Aug 2008 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a dental education component on dental students' perceptions toward behavior guidance techniques in pediatric dentistry. A questionnaire was completed by seventy-three first-year dental ... Read more...

Characteristics of problem gamblers 56 years of age or older: a statewide study of casino self-excluders.

30 Aug 2008 Gambling among older adults appears to be increasing, though little is known about the characteristics of older adult problem gamblers. The purpose of this study was to compare older adults to younger and middle-aged adults in a cohort of problem ... Read more...

Mate retention behavior of men and women in heterosexual and homosexual relationships.

30 Jul 2008 Comparing the behavior of heterosexual and homosexual persons can provide insight into the origins of heterosexual sex differences in psychology. Evidence indicates that, aside from sexual partner preference, the mating psychology of homosexual men ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Behavior Control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• First-year students' perceptions about pediatric dental behavior guidance techniques: the effect of education. 30 Aug 2008
• Characteristics of problem gamblers 56 years of age or older: a statewide study of casino self-excluders. 30 Aug 2008
• Mate retention behavior of men and women in heterosexual and homosexual relationships. 30 Jul 2008
• Adaptation of microglomerular complexes in the honeybee mushroom body lip to manipulations of behavioral maturation and sensory experience. 29 Jun 2008
• Power and the objectification of social targets. 29 Jun 2008
• Children's mental health emergencies--part 2: emergency department evaluation and treatment of children with mental health disorders. 29 Jun 2008
• Anger control: harness its healing power. 29 Jun 2008
• Manipulating beaver (Castor canadensis) feeding responses to invasive tamarisk (Tamarix spp.). 25 Jun 2008
• Domestic violence against women in Nepal. 15 May 2008
• Antipsychotics in individuals with intellectual disability. May 2008
• Nurses' accounts of locked ward doors: ghosts of the asylum or acute care in the 21st century? 30 Mar 2008
• Patient ethnicity and three psychiatric intensive care units compared: the Tompkins Acute Ward Study. 30 Mar 2008
• A new approach group visits: helping high-need patients make behavioral change. 30 Mar 2008
• Does training make you smarter? The effects of training on dogs' performance (Canis familiaris) in a problem solving task. 14 Mar 2008
• The first national scientific meeting of the Social and Behavioral Science Research Network. 28 Feb 2008
• Defining, designing, implementing, and evaluating phase 4 HIV prevention effectiveness trials for vulnerable populations. 28 Feb 2008
• Evidence-based training for enhancing psychiatric nurses' child behavior management skills. 28 Feb 2008
• Economic evaluation of an intensive group training protocol compared with usual care physiotherapy in patients with chronic low back pain. 13 Feb 2008
• Adherence to exercise training in heart failure: a review. 30 Jan 2008
• Using mental health consultation to decrease disruptive behaviors in preschoolers: adapting an empirically-supported intervention. 30 Jan 2008

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Technical information about 'Behavior Control'

Definition: Manipulation of the behavior of persons or animals by biomedical, physical, psychological, or social means, including for nontherapeutic reasons.

Descriptor UI: D032763

Alternative terms: Behavior Control; Behavior Controls; Behavioral Manipulation; Behavioral Manipulations; Manipulation, Behavioral; Manipulations, Behavioral;

Related Mesh Headings: Behavior Therapy; Coercion; Conditioning, Operant; Persuasive Communication;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; ethics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; psychology; standards;

Tree Number: E02.085; F04.047; I01.880.630.099;

History Note: 2003; use BEHAVIOR 1997-2002