Improving positive transfer: A test of relapse prevention training on transfer outcomes

✍ Scribed by Lisa A. Burke

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 832 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1044-8004
• DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.3920080204

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This study examined the effect of relapse prevention (RP) training on the maintenance of learned knowledge and skills. After a session on assertive communication, ninety trainees were randomly assigned to three treatment conditions: a full RP group, a modified RP group, and a control group. The results showed that both of the RP operationalizations significantly affected the trainees' ability to transfer and desire to transfer, although in different ways; neither RP condition significantly affected retention of course content, use of transfer strategies, or use of trained skills; and (3) cognitive and behavioral transfer strategies significantly affected use of trained skills. This paper discusses implications of the findings for practice and future directions for research.