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Nurse—Patient Interaction in a Token Economy*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Valerie A. Rezin ,
Peter A. Elliott  and
Paul Paschalis
Valerie A. Rezin
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, St Crispin Hospital, Duston, Northampton
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Fourteen long-stay psychiatric patients on a token economy ward were divided into two groups to assess whether the giving of tokens affects staff–patient interaction. Group one received contingent praise and tokens; Group two contingent praise and non-contingent tokens. The length of time and frequency of nurse–patient interactions was measured in both groups over a 5-month period. Several significant differences between groups were found. The giving of contingent tokens affected nurses' behaviour in the following ways.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , July 1983 , pp. 225 - 234
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1983

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