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THE EFFECTS OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS TEST SESSIONS ON SUBSEQUENT RATES OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOR IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
Author(s) -
Shabani Daniel B.,
Carr James E.,
Pabico Ryan S.,
Sala Antonio P.,
Lam Wing Yan,
Oberg Traci L.
Publication year - 2013
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.1352
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , psychology , observational study , natural (archaeology) , functional analysis , reinforcement , developmental psychology , natural experiment , test (biology) , clinical psychology , audiology , social psychology , ecology , statistics , medicine , chemistry , biochemistry , mathematics , archaeology , biology , world wide web , computer science , gene , history
The present study was conducted to determine whether elevated response rates that occurred in an experimental functional analysis were correlated with higher post‐session response rates in the natural environment. Functional analyses indicated that the problem behavior of four children with developmental disabilities was maintained by common sources of reinforcement. Observational assessment in the natural environment showed no differences in post‐session rates compared with pre‐session rates for three participants, and the data for the fourth participant were equivocal. Overall, no convincing evidence was found to suggest that functional analyses might worsen post‐session problem behavior in the natural environment. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.