“…Even though trainees are spared the physiological component in addiction problems, they must negotiate an analogous array of disruptive influences to maintain behavior change (Marx, 1986a;Rosenthal & Marx, 1979). In Marx's (1986b) most recent articulation, RP training includes seven steps in which trainees: (1) set a skill maintenance goal, (2) operationally define a slip and relapse, (3) explicate the advantages/disadvantages of applying new skills, (4) learn 14 specific transfer strategies (both cognitive and behavioral), (5) predict their first slip, (6) create coping skills, and (7) monitor their progress back on the job. A number of clinical studies have supported the value of RP training (Marlatt & Gordon, 1985); however, Marx's adaptation of RP has received little empirical testing in the training and development context and remains untested in an actual corporate setting.…”