Increased Reinforcer Immediacy can Promote Employment-Seeking in Unemployed Homeless Adults with Alcohol Use Disorder.
delayed reinforcement
employment
homelessness
incentives
reinforcer immediacy
Journal
The Psychological record
ISSN: 0033-2933
Titre abrégé: Psychol Rec
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 0243242
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Feb 2020
15 Feb 2020
Historique:
entrez:
30
7
2021
pubmed:
15
2
2020
medline:
15
2
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Unemployment, homelessness, and substance use are interrelated. The present study took place as part of a clinical trial aimed to promote employment and abstinence from alcohol in unemployed, homeless adults with alcohol use disorders. Participants earned abstinence-contingent financial incentives for completing employment-seeking activities and hourly stipends for working with an employment specialist. In the initial condition, participants were paid all earnings on Bi-Monthly intervals. Despite the availability of incentives for completing employment-seeking activities, participants completed activities at low rates. A multiple-baseline across participants was used to evaluate the effect of providing pay every day for completing employment-seeking activities. Daily pay increased rates of completing activities for all three participants. Results suggest that reinforcer immediacy can be an important parameter in the control of employment-seeking activities.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34326558
doi: 10.1007/s40732-020-00431-0
pmc: PMC8318350
mid: NIHMS1670404
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Subventions
Organisme : NIAAA NIH HHS
ID : R01 AA024101
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIDA NIH HHS
ID : T32 DA007209
Pays : United States
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of Interest Statement On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.
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