n. a technique in behavior therapy which makes use of strategies such as coaching, self-monitoring, self-evaluation, self-reinforcement, and behavioral contracts.The goal is to avoid relapse and increase a person's sense of self-mastery. In recent years, it has often been renamed self-management.
BEHAVIORAL SELF-CONTROL TRAINING: "Behavioral Self-Control Training teaches a person to gain mastery over the self."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "BEHAVIORAL SELF-CONTROL TRAINING," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/behavioral-self-control-training/ (accessed March 19, 2023).
