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An Instructional Guide for the Delivery of Social Reinforcement

Richard M. Steinbook, MD; Alan F. Jacobson, PhD; James C. Mosher; Donald L. Davies

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1977;34(8):923-926.

Abstract
• Goal-attainment scaling, a method for evaluating treatment programs, has been reported to benefit therapeutic encounters. In order to evaluate its effect on staff therapeutic behavior, raters were trained to rate the appropriateness of inpatient behavior and the staffs' responses to it. General distribution of the goalattainment scale on a psychiatric inpatient unit influenced the delivery of positive social reinforcement for appropriate behavior.

Author Affiliations
From the Psychiatric Institute, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami (Dr Steinbook), and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami School of Medicine (Drs Steinbook and Jacobson and Messrs Mosher and Davies).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 19, 1975.

Reprint requests to Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami School of Medicine, Box 520875 Biscayne Annex, Miami, FL 33152 (Dr Steinbook).

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