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This report is based on the first author's doctoral dissertation research, supervised by the second author, and conducted at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Parts of the research were presented at the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Atlanta, Georgia. We thank the other members of the dissertation committee for their helpful input, specifically, W. David Conn, Jack W. Finney, Thomas H. Ollendick, and Richard A. Winett.
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Needleman, L.D., Geller, E.S. Comparing interventions to motivate work-site collection of home-generated recyclables. Am J Commun Psychol 20, 775–785 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00942237
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