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Barriers to employment among unemployed drug users: age predicts severitySigurdur Oli Sigurdsson
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 38:580-7. 2012..As a result of these and other barriers, employment rates in these groups are generally low...
Motivating ergonomic computer workstation setup: sometimes training is not enoughSigurdur O Sigurdsson
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21250 USA
Int J Occup Saf Ergon 18:27-33. 2012..The data suggest that improving worker knowledge about ergonomically correct workstation setup does not necessarily lead to correct workstation setup, and that motivational interventions may be needed to achieve lasting behavior change...
Using real-time visual feedback to improve posture at computer workstationsSigurdur O Sigurdsson
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA
J Appl Behav Anal 41:365-75. 2008..A reversal to the information phase for 2 participants did not lead to decreases in safety. Postures self-monitored with high accuracy improved to a greater degree than postures self-monitored with low accuracy...
Propensity to work among chronically unemployed adult drug usersSigurdur Oli Sigurdsson
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA
Subst Use Misuse 46:599-607. 2011....
Generalization of posture training to computer workstations in an applied settingSigurdur O Sigurdsson
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Maryland 21250, USA
J Appl Behav Anal 44:157-61. 2011..Intervention in the mock setting was associated with consistent improvement in safe posture at the mock workstation, but generalization to the actual workstation was limited...
Maintenance of reinforcement to address the chronic nature of drug addictionKenneth Silverman
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Prev Med 55:S46-53. 2012..Abstinence reinforcement can be maintained to promote long-term drug abstinence, but practical means of implementing long-term abstinence reinforcement are needed...
