METAANALYTIC INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF-REGULATORY COMPONENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF ADULT PROBLEM BEHAVIORS

The present paper utilized meta-analysis to examine the effectiveness of interventions in which components of self-regulation theories (e.g. , self-monitoring self-reinforcement) were the primary treatment inter vention utilized in treating habit disturbances, depression anxiety an d health-related problems with adults. The effect size (ES)(1) compari ng interventions utilizing all combinations of self-regulatory compone nts to no intervention at all was d = .25 (p < .005). The ES comparing interventions utilizing self-monitoring (SM) plus any other self-regu latory component (s) to interventions utilizing SM alone was d = .42 ( p < .001). Differential effectiveness was demonstrated for various com binations of self-regulatory components. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd .