APA would like to inform you about a new special issue of Translational Issues in Psychological Science that focuses on the topic of behavioral incentives and motivation. This issue is now available for purchase.
Guest Editor Dr. Kenneth Silverman describes this issue as follows:
“Promoting socially important behaviors is a challenge frequently faced by many people in society. Incentive interventions, rooted in basic science, have been applied by psychologists from diverse backgrounds and have proven to be effective in promoting a wide range of socially valuable behaviors in various populations and settings. This special issue includes papers on the use of incentives to promote physical activity and smoking cessation in adults, the use of remote monitoring technology in incentive interventions for a range of health behaviors, preferences for different kinds of incentives for academic behaviors in public school students, the use of incentives for responses to online panels, and the use of incentives in the workplace. Taken together, the papers in this special issue illustrate the broad utility and effectiveness of incentive interventions in addressing a wide range of important social problems.”
Published articles include the following:
- Assessing Adolescent Praise and Reward Preferences for Academic Behavior
- The Longitudinal Effects of Incentives on Response Quantity in Online Panels
- Pay Mix Policies as (Dis)Incentives in Motivated Job Choice Decisions
- The Therapeutic Utility of Employment in Treating Drug Addiction: Science to Application
To read the introduction to this special issue, click here
This special issue is available for purchase in PDF format for $24.95. Or, if you have access to APA’s PsycARTICLES® database through your institution, you may also see the full text of articles in this special issue.