Relative Contributions of Three Descriptive Methods: Implications for Behavioral Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Pence, Sacha T.; Roscoe, Eileen M.; Bourret, Jason C.; Ahearn, William H.
Titel	Relative Contributions of Three Descriptive Methods: Implications for Behavioral Assessment
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42 (2009) 2, S.425-446 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Positive Reinforcement; Negative Reinforcement; Developmental Delays; Probability; Functional Behavioral Assessment; Intervals; Social Reinforcement; Autism; Evaluation; Children; Early Adolescents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Negative Verstärkung; Entwicklungsverzögerung; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Autismus; Evaluierung; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	This study compared the outcomes of three descriptive analysis methods--the ABC method, the conditional probability method, and the conditional and background probability method--to each other and to the results obtained from functional analyses. Six individuals who had been diagnosed with developmental delays and exhibited problem behavior participated. Functional analyses indicated that participants' problem behavior was maintained by social positive reinforcement (n = 2), social negative reinforcement (n = 2), or automatic reinforcement (n = 2). Results showed that for all but 1 participant, descriptive analysis outcomes were similar across methods. In addition, for all but 1 participant, the descriptive analysis outcome differed substantially from the functional analysis outcome. This supports the general finding that descriptive analysis is a poor means of determining functional relations. (Contains 1 table and 7 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10