''Behavior Modification'' (''BMO'') is a

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that presents insightful research, reports, and reviews on behavioral psychology. The current editor is Dr. Mandy Rispoli who is a Quantitative Foundation Bicentennial Professor at the

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is Alan S. Bellack at the

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. The journal was established in 1977 and is currently published by

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. For more than 30 years, researchers, academics and practitioners in clinical psychology have turned to ''Behavior Modification'' for innovative and insightful research, reports, and reviews on applied behavior modification. Each issue offers successful assessment and modification techniques applicable to problems in psychiatric, clinical, educational, and rehabilitative settings, as well as treatment manuals and program descriptions. These practical features help you follow the process of clinical research and to apply it to your own behavior modification interventions. Interdisciplinary ''Behavior Modification'' offers high-quality research articles by distinguished scholars from a variety of disciplines. The wide range of topics includes: * Anxiety * Phobias * Child Abuse * Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder * Divorce and Children * Problem Behavior * Eating Disorders * Sexual Harassment * Female Assertiveness * Sleep Disorders * Gender Role stress * Unemployment and Mental Health * Learning Disabilities * Weight Loss Maintenance Comprehensive An important forum for emerging developments and debates in applied behavior modification, ''Behavior Modification'' offers research and clinical articles, treatment manuals, program descriptions, review articles, assessment and modification techniques, theoretical discussions, group comparison designs, and book and media reviews of significant literature in the field. Special Issues ''Behavior Modification'' also occasionally supplements its broad coverage with single-theme Special Issues dedicated to topics of particular interest, such as: * Facial Expressions of Emotions * Community Integration for Persons With the Most Severe Disabilities * Social-Skills Assessment and Intervention With Children and Adolescents * Integrating Personality Assessment Data and Behavioral Therapy * Current Research on Social Behavior * Treatment of Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder * Environmental Risk Factors in the Development of Psychopathology This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

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''Behavior Modification'' is abstracted and indexed in

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'', its 2017

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is 2.024, ranking it 60 out of 127 journals in the category "Psychology, Clinical".

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