Sarafino presents concepts in a way that enables psychologists to analyze their own specific behaviors in terms of the factors that cause and maintain them and ways to manage those factors to improve the behaviors. The book draws on research, theory, and the author's experiences to explain and provide examples of the concepts and methods of self-management. End-of-chapter application exercises present specific questions that are arranged systematically toward the design of a self-management program. Detailed reasons, procedures, and data forms demonstrate how to do a functional assessment of a behavior they would like to change. Psychologists will also find the tools to construct a behavioral contract and perform progressive muscle relaxation.

Edward P. Sarafino is a professor of psychology and is on the board of trustees for The College of New Jersey. He received his BA from Chico State University and his doctorate from the University of Colorado.

The Self-Management Approach-Basic Issues
What Is Self-Management?
How We Manage Our Behavior, or Don't
Benefits of Self-Management
Choosing and Achieving Goals
Enhancing Adjustment
What Do You Want for Your Life?
Life Goals and Immediate Goals
Beliefs about Attaining Goals
Acquiring and Changing Behavior Through Learning
Respondent Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Modeling
Cognitive Processes in Learning
Behavior-What It Is and What It Isn't
Broad Traits and Outcomes Are Not Behaviors
Behavioral Deficits and Excesses
How Self-Management Methods Developed
Beginnings of Behavior Modification
Growth of Behavior Modification
Study and Review
Application Exercise
Effective Applications Of Self-Management
How We Know Self-Management Works
Target Behaviors and Behavioral Goals
Did a Program to Change Behavior Work?
Using Data in Managing Your Behavior
Why Use Data?
Accuracy of the Data
Graphing Your Data
Making a Graph
Using Graphs
Examples of Effective Behavior Change Programs
Behavior Modification Programs
Self-Management Programs
Study and Review
Application Exercise
Specifying And Assessing What You Want To Change
Specifying Your Target Behaviors
Defining Operant Behaviors
Defining Respondent Behaviors
Alternative Behaviors and Competing Responses
Assessing Your Behavior
What Types of Data Can You Use?
How to Assess Your Behavior
Timing Your Assessments and Making Them Accurate
Practical Issues in Keeping Records
Setting Up a Recording System
Problems in Keeping Records
What about Baseline Records?
What Functions Does Your Behavior Serve?
Assessing the Functions of Behavior
Recording Data for a Functional Assessment
Going a Step Beyond: The Functional Analysis
Tips on Specifying and Assessing Your Behavior
Study and Review
Application Exercise
Techniques for Changing Operant Behavior
Identifying, Developing, And Managing Operant Antecedents
How Antecedents Affect Our Behavior
How We Learn Antecedents
Learning a Discrimination
Developing Stimulus Control
Identifying Antecedents
Antecedents for Behavioral Excesses
Antecedents for Behavioral Deficits
Developing or Applying New Antecedents
Prompting, Fading, and Modeling
Environmental Changes
Cognitive Strategies
Managing Existing Antecedents
Avoiding and Narrowing Techniques
Cognitive Approaches
Altering Antecedent Chains
Tips on Managing Antecedents
Study and Review
Application Exercise
Consequences To Increase Or Decrease Operant Behavior
How Consequences Affect Our Behavior
What Is Reinforcement?
What Are Extinction and Punishment?
Positive and Negative Reinforcement
Types of Positive Reinforcers
Negative Reinforcement in Escape and Avoidance
Identifying and Selecting Reinforcers
Direct Assessment Methods
Indirect Assessment Methods
How to Administer Reinforcement
Who Will Administer Reinforcement?
Shaping and Chaining
Timing and Scheduling Reinforcement
Extinction and Punishment to Decrease a Behavior
Identifying and Controlling Reinforcement for Extinction
The Process of and Factors in Extinction
Types of Punishment
Self-Administration of Punishment
Other Strategies for Decreasing a Behavior
Tips on Managing Consequences
Tips for Using Reinforcement
Tips for Using Extinction and Punishment
Study and Review
Application Exercise
Behavioral and Cognitive Methods to Change Emotional Behaviors and Beliefs
Behavioral Methods For Changing Respondent Behavior: Feelings And Thoughts
Respondent Conditioning in Real Life
The Content and Process of Respondent Conditioning
Conditioned Emotional Responses
Other Respondent Behaviors
Assessing Our Feelings and Thoughts
Analyzing the Functions of Our Feelings and Thoughts
Antecedents
Behavior
Consequences
Behavioral Methods to Reduce Unwanted Feelings and Thoughts
Underlying Principles: Extinction and Counterconditioning
The Systematic Desensitization Technique
Tips on Using Behavioral Methods to Reduce Respondent Behaviors
Study and Review
Application Exercise
Affective And Cognitive Methods For Changing Emotional Behavior And Beliefs
Relaxation Techniques
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Meditation
Rapid Relaxation Induction
Covert Conditioning
Covert Sensitization
Covert Positive Reinforcement
Cognitive-Behavioral Coping Techniques
Self Statements
Thought Stopping and Distraction
Cognitive Methods: Restructuring and Problem Solving
Cognitive Restructuring Skills
Problem Solving Skills
Tips on Using Affective and Cognitive Techniques
Study and Review
Application Exercise
Carrying Out Self-Management Programs
Putting Techniques Together For An Effective Self-Management Plan
Combining Techniques for a Self-Management Program
Identifying Possible Techniques to Use
Examples of Multidimensional Programs
What Will Make the Best Program for You?
What Makes a Self-Management Plan Good?
Deciding Which Techniques to Use
Motivational Factors to Consider
People's Readiness to Change
Ways to Enhance Motivation to Change
Assembling Materials for Your Program
Developing a Behavioral Contract
Preparing Other Program Materials
Tips on Designing Your Self-Management Plan
Study and Review
Application Exercise
Taking Action: Implementing Your Plan
Getting Started
Beginning with Baseline
Recording and Graphing Your Data
Using Arithmetic Calculations
Is the Program Working?
How to Assess a Program's Progress
Problems in Graphic Analyses
Troubleshooting and Improving a Program
Why a Program Isn't Working
How to Improve a Program
Tips on Using Data and Improving Your Program
Study and Review
Application Exercise
The Future: Maintaining Your Behavior Changes
Will the Behavior Changes Last?
Relapses in Behavior
Why Relapses Occur
How to Maintain the Changed Behavior
Thinning Reinforcement
Promoting Natural Reinforcement
Promoting Generalization of the Behavior
Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches
Booster Programs and Buddy Systems
How Successful Self-Management Leads to a Happier Life
Tips on Maintaining Your Changed Behavior
Study and Review
Application Exercise
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