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Differential negative reinforcement of other behavior to increase wearing of a medical bracelet
Author(s) -
Cook Jennifer L.,
Rapp John T.,
Schulze Kimberley A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1002/jaba.228
Subject(s) - reinforcement , autism , psychology , differential reinforcement , compliance (psychology) , audiology , developmental psychology , differential (mechanical device) , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , engineering , aerospace engineering
We used a changing criterion design to evaluate the extent to which differential negative reinforcement of other behavior increased compliance with wearing a medical alert bracelet for a young boy with autism. Results showed the duration for which the participant wore the bracelet systematically increased across trials from 5 s to 7 hr over several weeks.

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