ITEM PREFERENCE IN A TOKEN ECONOMY WARD STORE
- 1 September 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 5 (3), 373-376
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1972.5-373
Abstract
Token spending by 20 schizophrenic patients was monitored over a six-month period. It was found that: (1) token expenditures for cigarettes and “edibles” far surpassed other store item categories; and (2) percentage increases in token expenditures were greatest for categories of items relating to appearance and grooming, strongly suggesting that store purchasing patterns over time may provide an index of program effectiveness.Keywords
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