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Cognitive-Behavior Modification: An Integrative Approach
Donald Meichenbaum’s Cognitive-Behavior Modification (1977) presents an approach to behaviour change that attends to thinking and self-instruction. It includes discussions of self-instructional training and stress inoculation training.
Book details
Author of listed edition: Donald Meichenbaum
Edition: 1st edition, hardcover (1977)
Publisher: Plenum Press
Edition year: 1977
Language and origin: English (Canada / United States)
ISBN: 9780306310133
Form and genre: Clinical & Theoretical Monograph
Level: Intermediate
Historical era: 1960–1979 · Humanistic, Cognitive & Systemic Turn
Covers: Self-instructional training and its clinical applications; Cognitive factors in behaviour therapy; Stress-inoculation training; Internal dialogue and a theory of behaviour change
APA 7th reference: Meichenbaum, D. (1977). Cognitive-behavior modification: An integrative approach. Plenum Press.
What it is & historical context
Published by Plenum Press in 1977, the book brings together Meichenbaum’s work on cognitive factors and behaviour change. The publisher’s contents identify self-instructional training as an early focus and list later chapters on clinical applications and assessment.
Core clinical themes & arguments
The contents cover self-instructional training, stress-inoculation training, cognitive restructuring and internal dialogue. The author’s 1982 retrospective describes a programme in which children practised guiding themselves aloud and then silently. This is a description of an approach, not a claim that inner speech governs all behaviour.
Clinical practice, reception & legacy
The publisher lists chapters on clinical applications and stress-inoculation training. A 1971 paper by Meichenbaum and Goodman addressed self-control in children; a later retrospective by Meichenbaum describes its background and initial findings. These sources do not establish a general superiority of coping models or a treatment outcome for every individual.
Reader level & educational scope
This intermediate entry offers educational orientation. The publisher’s contents, a library catalogue, a PubMed citation and the author’s retrospective were consulted; the full book and 1971 article were not reviewed. Treatment choices depend on the person and the current evidence.
Paired academic and clinical scholarship
Paired work: Training Impulsive Children to Talk to Themselves: A Means of Developing Self-Control (Donald H. Meichenbaum and Joseph Goodman, 1971)
Reference: Meichenbaum, D. H., & Goodman, J. (1971). Training impulsive children to talk to themselves: A means of developing self-control. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 77(2), 115–126.
A 1971 paper by Meichenbaum and Goodman on self-instruction and self-control in children. The PubMed record was consulted; the paper itself was not reviewed.
Source-mapped claims and evidence notes
Claim 1: The book includes chapters on self-instructional training and stress-inoculation training. (The publisher’s contents were consulted; the full book was not reviewed.) [Source 1: Meichenbaum, D. (1977). Cognitive-behavior modification: An integrative approach. Plenum Press.]
Claim 2: In a 1982 retrospective, Meichenbaum described the 1971 self-instructional programme as teaching children to guide themselves first aloud and then silently. (This description comes from the author’s account; it does not establish effectiveness for every child or clinical setting.) [Source 3: Meichenbaum, D. H. (1982). Commentary on “Training impulsive children to talk to themselves.” Citation Classics.]
Sources and inspection notes
Meichenbaum, D. (1977). Cognitive-behavior modification: An integrative approach. Plenum Press.
Supports: Publisher record for the 1977 hardcover and its ISBN, and table of contents. The full book was not reviewed.
Supports: PubMed bibliographic record of the 1971 paper; no abstract was available and the full article was not reviewed.
Supports: Author’s retrospective description of the 1971 self-instructional programme, its background and initial findings.
Open Library. Cognitive-behavior modification: An integrative approach. 1977 edition record.
Supports: Catalogue record for the 1977 Plenum Press edition and ISBN-10 0306310139, equivalent to the publisher’s ISBN-13.