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To evaluate a learning theory model of chronic illness behavior and assess the clinical outcomes of an inpatient psychosomatic program focused on self-management and social reinforcement.

August 1, 1978Psychosomatic Medicine

A Learning Theory Model of Chronic Illness Behavior: Theory, Treatment, and Research

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To evaluate a learning theory model of chronic illness behavior and assess the clinical outcomes of an inpatient psychosomatic program focused on self-management and social reinforcement.
Treated over 300 patients on an inpatient psychosomatic service using a learning theory model addressing social reinforcement and avoidance behaviors.
Delivered an intervention incorporating behavior modification to reduce symptoms, social skills training, and family therapy.
Evaluated goal attainment and treatment generalization at a one-year post-treatment follow-up.
Minimizing caretaking responses and encouraging self-control improved tolerance to experimental pain and lowered rates of medication use.
Most patients achieved self-set goals at one-year follow-up, with sustained decreases in somatic complaints and higher achievement orientation among those returning to intact families.
Treatment failure was qualitatively associated with the absence of an intact family and re-entry into the medical care system.

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Cohort study reveals reduced somatic complaints through behavioral treatment in chronic illness, indicating that intact family support reinforces recovery.

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Wooley et al. (1978) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa3c11c8204c40fa9c96e6a https://doi.org/10.1097/00006842-197808000-00003

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Cohort study reveals reduced somatic complaints through behavioral treatment in chronic illness, indicating that intact family support reinforces recovery.

A Learning Theory Model of Chronic Illness Behavior: Theory, Treatment, and Research

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