Behavioral Self-Management in Children: Concepts, Methods, Issues, and Directions

Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.

1966 • 21,432 citations

Science and Human Behavior

1953 • 9,622 citations

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

1989 • 6,956 citations

Motivation reconsidered: The concept of competence.

1959 • 5,257 citations

Motivation reconsidered: The concept of competence.

1963 • 4,784 citations

Principles of behavior modification

1969 • 4,667 citations

The antecedents of self-esteem.

1967 • 4,610 citations

Plans and the Structure of Behavior

1960 • 3,598 citations

Toward a cognitive social learning reconceptualization of personality.

1973 • 3,146 citations

Specious reward: A behavioral theory of impulsiveness and impulse control.

1975 • 2,670 citations

A theory of objective self awareness

1972 • 2,610 citations

The interpersonal theory of psychiatry.

1953 • 2,466 citations

Behavior: The Control of Perception.

1975 • 2,437 citations

Problem solving and behavior modification.

1971 • 2,198 citations

A locus of control scale for children.

1973 • 1,572 citations

Training impulsive children to talk to themselves: A means of developing self-control.

1971 • 1,352 citations

On predicting some of the people some of the time: The search for cross-situational consistencies in behavior.

1974 • 1,301 citations

Personality and Prediction: Principles of Personality Assessment

1973 • 1,275 citations

COMMITMENT, CHOICE AND SELF‐CONTROL¹

1972 • 1,207 citations

Information processing in the child: Significance of analytic and reflective attitudes.

1964 • 1,130 citations

Behavior therapy: Appraisal and status.

1969 • 1,084 citations

Personality and assessment

1969 • 1,051 citations

Verbal behavior and general behavior theory

1971 • 1,021 citations

Attention in delay of gratification.

1970 • 959 citations

Personality and psychotherapy.

1951 • 958 citations

The Role of Speech in the Regulation of Normal and Abnormal Behavior

1961 • 952 citations

Behavioral Assessment: A Practical Handbook

1998 • 928 citations

The Development of Communication Skills: Modifications in the Speech of Young Children as a Function of Listener

1973 • 878 citations

GOOD BEHAVIOR GAME: EFFECTS OF INDIVIDUAL CONTINGENCIES FOR GROUP CONSEQUENCES ON DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN A CLASSROOM¹

1969 • 877 citations

Cognition and behavior modification

1974 • 876 citations

SOME GENERALIZATION AND FOLLOW‐UP MEASURES ON AUTISTIC CHILDREN IN BEHAVIOR THERAPY¹

1973 • 786 citations

Processes in Delay of Gratification

1974 • 774 citations

Behavioral self-control

1974 • 729 citations

Social Learning and Clinical Psychology

1955 • 668 citations

Stop, look and listen: The problem of sustained attention and impulse control in hyperactive and normal children.

1972 • 659 citations

MORAL DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR

1992 • 560 citations

Personality Structure and Measurement

1970 • 556 citations

Conceptualizations of human environments.

1973 • 542 citations

Behavior modification in clinical psychology

1971 • 516 citations

Self-control; Power to the person

1975 • 501 citations

Self-control: A behavioristic excursion into the lion's den

1972 • 479 citations

Contemporary Approaches to Conditioning and Learning

1974 • 445 citations

A children's social desirability questionnaire.

1965 • 443 citations

Cognitive appraisals and transformations in delay behavior.

1975 • 442 citations

Learning foundations of behavior therapy

1970 • 442 citations

Interactionism in personality from a historical perspective.

1974 • 428 citations

Behavior modification and families

1976 • 426 citations

Behavior theory and the models of man.

1974 • 414 citations

Psychological Significance of Styles of Conceptualization

1963 • 373 citations

Intrinsic motivation and its role in psychological development

1965 • 371 citations

Preference for delayed reward as a function of age, intelligence, and length of delay interval.

1962 • 343 citations

Evidence for a Hierarchical Arrangement of Learning Processes

1965 • 341 citations

A method for determining types of self-esteem.

1959 • 335 citations

A Behavioral-Analytic Model for Assessing Competence

1969 • 335 citations

Conceptualization of success and failure in mentally retarded and normal children1

1961 • 325 citations

Methods in Personality Assessment

1957 • 299 citations

THE EFFECT OF SELF‐RECORDING ON THE CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR OF TWO EIGHTH‐GRADE STUDENTS¹

1971 • 295 citations

Effects of attention to symbolically presented rewards on self-control.

1973 • 285 citations

Modifications of self-imposed delay of reward through exposure to live and symbolic models.

1965 • 284 citations

Moral conduct and moral character: A psychological perspective.

1973 • 278 citations

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

1965 • 274 citations

A philosophy of science for personality theory.

1968 • 262 citations

New Directions in Psychology

1945 • 259 citations

A review of research on imitative behavior.

1968 • 256 citations

“Think Aloud”: A program for developing self-control in young aggressive boys

1977 • 249 citations

THE EFFECTS OF A SELF‐INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGE ON OVERACTIVE PRESCHOOL BOYS

1976 • 228 citations

Teaching self-control to disruptive children.

1973 • 210 citations

SOME STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF DEVIANT CHILD BEHAVIOR1

1975 • 210 citations

The Maintenance of Behavior by Self-Generated Stimuli and Reinforcement

1971 • 205 citations

Affect moderates self-gratification and altruism.

1974 • 197 citations

The role of the exploratory drive in learning.

1954 • 196 citations

Psychodynamics, behavior therapy, and the implacable experimenter: An inquiry into the consistency of personality.

1973 • 193 citations

Internal-external control and persistence: Validation and implications of the Stanford Preschool Internal-External Scale.

1974 • 193 citations

Social adjustment of young children: A cognitive approach to solving real-life problems

1976 • 190 citations

ACADEMIC RESPONSE RATE AS A FUNCTION OF TEACHER‐ AND SELF‐IMPOSED CONTINGENCIES

1969 • 190 citations

Relative efficacy of self-monitored and externally imposed reinforcement systems.

1967 • 189 citations

Waiting for rewards and punishments: Effects of time and probability on choice.

1967 • 187 citations

BEHAVIORAL SELF‐CONTROL OF ON‐TASK BEHAVIOR IN AN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM¹

1973 • 186 citations

Means-ends thinking, adjustment, and social class among elementary-school-aged children.

1972 • 184 citations

The many faces of self-control, or behavior modification changes its focus

1977 • 179 citations

Learning of generalized imitation as the basis for identification.

1968 • 172 citations

Reduction of children's fear of the dark by competence-related and situational threat-related verbal cues.

1975 • 170 citations

Self-Evaluation: Concepts and Studies.

1968 • 168 citations

REWARD, COST, AND SELF‐EVALUATION PROCEDURES FOR DISRUPTIVE ADOLESCENTS IN A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL SCHOOL¹

1972 • 165 citations

Behavioral Treatment of Hyperkinetic Children

1976 • 163 citations

An introduction to personality

1982 • 155 citations

PORTEUS MAZE PERFORMANCE OF HYPERACTIVE BOYS AFTER TRAINING IN SELF-DIRECTED VERBAL COMMANDS

1968 • 153 citations

The clinical potential of modifying what clients say to themselves.

1974 • 148 citations

Theory and research on the antecedents of self-imposed delay of reward.

1966 • 146 citations

Egocentrism and social interaction across the life span.

1972 • 134 citations

Generalization and maintenance of appropriate behavior through self-control.

1975 • 130 citations

Verbal self-control: The establishment of effective self-instruction.

1967 • 128 citations

Porteus Maze Performance of Hyperactive Boys after Training in Self-Directed Verbal Commands

1968 • 128 citations

CLASSROOM APPLICATIONS OF SELF‐DETERMINED REINFORCEMENT

1970 • 126 citations

Mother-child interactions: Comparison of a non-compliant clinic group and a non-clinic group

1975 • 125 citations

The end of ideology in behavior modification.

1972 • 124 citations

Theory and practice in behavior therapy

1975 • 121 citations

BEHAVIORAL SELF‐MANAGEMENT IN STORY WRITING WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN1

1975 • 120 citations

Effects of brief observation of model behavior on conceptual tempo of impulsive children.

1970 • 116 citations

The assessment of effectance motivation in normal and retarded children.

1974 • 115 citations

Child behavior analysis and therapy

1976 • 115 citations

Behavior therapy techniques and empirical findings

1975 • 114 citations

SELF‐EVALUATION BY ADOLESCENTS IN A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL SCHOOL TOKEN PROGRAM¹

1973 • 113 citations

Self-monitoring effects in a program for potential high school dropouts: A time-series analysis.

1972 • 112 citations

SIDE EFFECTS OF EXTINCTION PROCEDURES IN A REMEDIAL PRESCHOOL¹

1972 • 111 citations

EFFECT OF CUEING ON SELF‐CONTROL OF CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR

1974 • 110 citations

Conduct and Conscience

1968 • 110 citations

The role of verbal self-instructions in children's resistance to temptation.

1973 • 110 citations

ROLE-TAKING IN CHILDHOOD AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR SOCIAL LEARNING1

1959 • 109 citations

Future time perspective and the preference for delayed reward.

1968 • 108 citations

REFLECTIVE AND IMPULSIVE OBSERVING BEHAVIOR

1969 • 106 citations

Affect and self-gratification.

1973 • 104 citations

Dissonance, self-perception, and honesty in children.

1973 • 103 citations

Improvement in Maze Performance of Hyperactive Boys as a Function of Verbal-Training Procedures

1971 • 102 citations

The Psychology of Private Events

1971 • 100 citations

AN ANALYSIS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR (TEAB)¹

1970 • 99 citations

Studies in the self-regulation of behavior: Effects of contingent cognitive and affective events.

1976 • 99 citations

Psychopathology and Child Development

1976 • 96 citations

Smoking: A Behavioral Analysis.

1972 • 93 citations

Self-monitoring in the treatment of obesity: Parameters of reactivity

1974 • 91 citations

Reflective and Impulsive Observing Behavior

1969 • 90 citations

Some relationships between conscience and attentional processes.

1968 • 86 citations

Plans to resist distraction.

1975 • 86 citations

The role of expectancy in delayed reinforcement.

1956 • 85 citations

How to use contingency contracting in the classroom

1971 • 81 citations

Direct versus indirect personality assessment: Evidence and implications.

1972 • 81 citations

Clinical methods in psychology

1977 • 78 citations

Age and verbalization in observational learning.

1969 • 78 citations

The Psychophysiology of Thinking

1973 • 78 citations

Affect and resistance to temptation.

1975 • 75 citations

Toward a Cognitive Theory of Self-Control

1976 • 72 citations

Clinical applications of observational learning imitation and modeling

1972 • 72 citations

The Role of Affect in Delay of Gratification

1976 • 69 citations

Parental perceptions of young children and their relation to indexes of adjustment.

1970 • 65 citations

Language and the Discovery of Reality

1962 • 65 citations

Modeling Effects upon Conceptual Style and Cognitive Tempo

1972 • 64 citations

Immediate and deferred effects of model observation and guided and unguided rehearsal on donating and stealing.

1972 • 61 citations

Developing self-control in preschool children through correspondence training

1977 • 60 citations

Motivational orientation and the relative efficacy of self-monitored and externally imposed reinforcement systems in children.

1974 • 60 citations

BEHAVIORAL ENGINEERING: THE REDUCTION OF SMOKING BEHAVIOR BY A CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND PROCEDURE¹

1968 • 59 citations

Affective state and preference for immediate versus delayed reward

1974 • 53 citations

Modification of an impulsive cognitive tempo in emotionally disturbed boys

1975 • 52 citations

Motivational orientation of overachieving and underachieving elementary school children.

1968 • 49 citations

Contributions of overt instructional rehearsal and “specific insight” to the effectiveness of self-instructional training: A preliminary study

1976 • 48 citations

Effects of Self-Instruction on Rule-Breaking Behavior

1971 • 46 citations

Cognitive determinants of resistance to deviation in seven-, nine-, and eleven-year-old children in low and high maturity of moral judgment.

1974 • 46 citations

Self-Management Projects with Children with Behavioral Disabilities

1973 • 45 citations

Increased delay of gratification in young prison inmates through imitation of high-delay peer models.

1972 • 44 citations

Cognitive functions of language in the preschool years.

1974 • 44 citations

EFFECTS OF CHOICE AND IMMEDIACY OF REINFORCEMENT ON SINGLE RESPONSE AND SWITCHING BEHAVIOR OF CHILDREN¹

1973 • 44 citations

The Psychology of personality

1971 • 44 citations

DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS OF VARIABLES RELEVANT TO OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING

1971 • 43 citations

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS OF CHILDREN

1981 • 41 citations

Theoretical and treatment implications of developmental research on verbal control of behavior.

1975 • 41 citations

Choice and self-control in children: A test of Rachlin’s model

1975 • 40 citations

Comparative validities of direct and indirect personality tests.

1972 • 39 citations

The Development of Children's Comprehension of Causal Direction

1976 • 39 citations

The influence of live and symbolic modeling on promoting moral judgment of adolescent delinquents.

1972 • 38 citations

The Development of Children's Comprehension of Causal Direction

1976 • 38 citations

Developmental Aspects of Variables Relevant to Observational Learning

1971 • 37 citations

Discriminative relationship between covert oral behavior and the phonemic system in internal information processing.

1974 • 37 citations

Behavioral Self-Control: Some Clinical Concerns

1976 • 33 citations

Behavior therapy and its malcontents—I. Denial of its bases and psychodynamic fusionism

1976 • 33 citations

Hyperactive children and the efficacy of psychoactive drugs as a treatment intervention.

1976 • 32 citations

Effects of live and symbolic deviant-modeling cues on adoption of a previously learned standard.

1969 • 32 citations

The role of rewards in externally and self-imposed delay of gratification.

1976 • 32 citations

Opinions predict opinions: So what else is new?

1972 • 32 citations

IMITATION OF RESISTANCE TO TEMPTATION

1967 • 30 citations

Effects of persuasion and modeling on delay of gratification.

1972 • 28 citations

Resistance to temptation: Inhibitory and disinhibitory effects of models.

1973 • 27 citations

Attention Training Through Breathing Control To Modify Hyperactivity

1974 • 27 citations

Verbal Control of Sensory-Motor Performance

1968 • 27 citations

Covert behavior modification: An experimental analogue

1972 • 27 citations

Self-Reinforcement Processes in Children

1974 • 26 citations

Age, Class Standing, and Commitment as Determinants of Cheating in Children

1968 • 26 citations

Age, class standing, and commitment as determinants of cheating in children.

1968 • 25 citations

Theories of Child Development

1976 • 24 citations

Toward the use of self-control in behavior modification.

1972 • 24 citations

Sequential withdrawal of stimulant drugs and use of behavior therapy with two hyperactive boys.

1976 • 23 citations

Imitation of Resistance to Temptation

1967 • 23 citations

Short- and long-term retention of affectively varied modeled behavior

1968 • 22 citations

The Role of Consciousness and Cognition in Autonomic Behavior Change

1973 • 22 citations

Comparative validity of traditional versus S-R format inventories of interpersonal behavior

1974 • 22 citations

Assessment for Behavior Modification

1972 • 21 citations

Effects of televised modeled verbalizations and behavior on resistance to deviation.

1973 • 21 citations

Training the preschool retarded child in focusing attention: A program for parents.

1967 • 20 citations

Ego functions in disturbed and normal children: Aspiration, inhibition, time estimation, and delayed gratification.

1969 • 19 citations

Adaptive learning : behavior modification with children

1973 • 18 citations

Recency judgments in children: A production deficiency in the use of redundant background cues.

1974 • 18 citations

Individual differences in the consideration of information among two-year-old children.

1970 • 16 citations

Self-control as habit, drive, and incentive.

1973 • 16 citations

Child-monitored token reading program

1971 • 15 citations

Behavior modification and open education

1973 • 15 citations

Characteristic self-esteem, sex, and resistance to temptation.

1972 • 15 citations

Effects of prior contractual experiences on self-control in children.

1974 • 15 citations

Delay of Gratification in Children: Personal versus Group Choices

1976 • 14 citations

Exposure to rewards and the delay of gratification.

1974 • 12 citations

Delay of Gratification in Children: Personal versus Group Choices

1976 • 11 citations

Distractibility and Distracting Stimuli: Inconsistent and Contradictory Results

1976 • 11 citations

Correspondence between behavioral and doll-play measures of conscience.

1971 • 10 citations

There Is More to a Test Pool Than Data Collection.

1973 • 7 citations

The Socialization of the Individual

1976 • 7 citations

Verbal mediation in young aggressive boys.

1977 • 6 citations

Parents' expectations of autonomous behavior and children's autonomy.

1969 • 6 citations

Age and Intelligence Factors as Predictors of the Development of Verbal Control of Nonverbal Behavior

1974 • 5 citations

Self-imposed delay of gratification as a function of modeling.

1972 • 4 citations

When self-regulation fails: Tests of some preliminary hypotheses.

1977 • 3 citations

Self-Verbalization Versus Strategy Training: The Immediate Effects of Verbal Self-Instruction Training on Impulsive First Grade Children.

1975 • 2 citations

Notes on Autonomous Environments: Effects of Student-Selected and Teacher-Selected Rewards on Academic Performance.

1973 • 2 citations

Children's Evaluations of Temporally Distant Outcomes

1975 • 2 citations

Epistemological Assumptions for a Psychoeducational Methodology

1974 • 1 citations

Delay of gratification as a function of incentive preference and race of experimenter.

1974 • 1 citations

Age of Child and Rewardingness of Adult Model in Observational Learning.

1973 • 1 citations