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Stimulation and microswitch‐based programs for enhancing indices of happiness: a maintenance assessment
Author(s) -
Lancioni Giulio E.,
O'Reilly Mark F.,
Singh Nirbhay N.,
Oliva Doretta,
Campodonico Francesca,
Groeneweg Jop
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
behavioral interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1099-078X
pISSN - 1072-0847
DOI - 10.1002/bin.119
Subject(s) - happiness , psychology , stimulation , developmental psychology , audiology , social psychology , medicine , neuroscience
This study assessed whether stimulation and microswitch‐based programs maintained their positive impact on indices of happiness over time. Three people with multiple disabilities, who had participated in a study comparing these programs, continued to be exposed to them over a maintenance period of 5 or 6 months. Maintenance data showed that the frequencies of indices of happiness increased or remained unchanged for two participants and declined for the third. The frequencies of microswitch activations were higher for two of the participants and largely unchanged for the other. Procedural aspects of the study, implications of the findings, and relevant issues for new research are discussed. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.