A review of behavioral approaches to weight control

Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.

1966 • 21,432 citations

Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1972

1974 • 1,493 citations

Some extraordinary facts about obese humans and rats.

1971 • 556 citations

Behavioral control of overeating

1967 • 522 citations

The Results of Treatment for Obesity

1959 • 464 citations

RECIPROCAL INHIBITION AS THE MAIN BASIS OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC EFFECTS

1954 • 301 citations

Covert Sensitization

1967 • 298 citations

Perspectives in Psychology: XXIV Control of Coverants, the Operants of the Mind

1965 • 274 citations

Treatment of Compulsive Behavior by Covert Sensitization

1966 • 248 citations

Modification of smoking behavior: An evaluative review.

1969 • 239 citations

Behavior Modification in the Treatment of Obesity

1971 • 233 citations

Slim Chance in a Fat World: Behavioral Control of Obesity.

1972 • 216 citations

Self-Control Procedures in Personal Behavior Problems

1965 • 213 citations

Effectiveness of group therapy based upon learning principles in the treatment of overweight women.

1970 • 199 citations

Intensive treatment of psychotic behaviour by stimulus satiation and food reinforcement

1963 • 176 citations

THE BEHAVIOR‐THERAPEUTIC USE OF CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING TO CONTROL AN ADULT BEHAVIOR PROBLEM: WEIGHT CONTROL¹

1972 • 166 citations

Self-directed program for weight control: A pilot study.

1969 • 156 citations

A three-dimensional program for the treatment of obesity

1971 • 153 citations

A comparison of a self-control and a contract procedure for weight control

1971 • 124 citations

Group therapy versus bibliotherapy in weight reduction

1974 • 121 citations

The importance of overweight

1957 • 118 citations

Aversion-relief therapy: A new method for general application

1964 • 114 citations

Self-control and therapist control in the behavioral treatment of overweight women

1972 • 87 citations

Weight reduction as a function of negative covert reinforcement (sensitization) versus positive covert reinforcement

1972 • 77 citations

Behavior modification of overeating in a psychiatric population.

1968 • 71 citations

The Response of Obese Patients to Weight Reduction: A Clinical Evaluation of Behavior

1968 • 68 citations

Treatment of overweight by aversion therapy

1971 • 65 citations

Covert sensitization in the treatment of obesity.

1972 • 61 citations

Aversion therapy in two cases of obesity

1964 • 57 citations

Weight loss obtained under different experimental procedures.

1967 • 56 citations

The Affective Responses of Obese Patients to Weight Reduction: A Differentiation Based on Age at Onset of Obesity

1973 • 51 citations

The Response of Obese Patients to Weight Reduction

1968 • 51 citations

Control of Eating Behavior in an Obese Patient by Avoidance Conditioning

1968 • 47 citations

Coverant conditioning through a self-management application of the Premack principle: Its effect on weight reduction

1971 • 44 citations

Rapid Treatment of Gross Obesity by Operant Techniques

1968 • 37 citations

On cognitions and behavior therapy

1970 • 35 citations

Weight reduction in a chronic schizophrenic by means of operant conditioning procedures: a case study

1969 • 34 citations

Coverant Control and Breath Holding as Techniques for the Treatment of Obesity

1970 • 33 citations

The Importance of Overweight.

1957 • 32 citations

Weight reduction through successive contracts.

1972 • 30 citations

Covert Sensitization as a Treatment for Weight Control

1972 • 29 citations

A weight-reduction program for schizophrenic patients on a token economy unit: Two case studies

1971 • 28 citations

A technique for controlling behavior in natural life settings1

1968 • 26 citations

The treatment of over-eating by covert conditioning.

1972 • 22 citations

Note on Building Likes and Dislikes in Children.

1924 • 18 citations

The Treatment of Over-Eating by Covert Conditioning

1979 • 14 citations

Covert Sensitization for the Treatment of Obesity.

1971 • 7 citations

Therapeutic starvation in obesity.

1969 • 2 citations