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Relative preferences for edible and leisure stimuli in children with autism: A replication in Italy
Author(s) -
Slanzi Crystal M.,
Graziano Maria,
D'Angelo Guido,
Vollmer Timothy R.,
Conine Daniel E.
Publication year - 2019
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.666
Subject(s) - psychology , preference , replication (statistics) , leisure activity , developmental psychology , food preference , autism , social psychology , medicine , chemistry , food science , virology , economics , microeconomics
Several studies have found that edible items tend to displace leisure items in multiple‐stimulus preference assessments for individuals with developmental disabilities. One recent study (Conine & Vollmer, 2019) included screen‐based technology devices in assessments and found that food items were less likely to displace leisure items and in some cases leisure items totally displaced edible items. The purpose of our study was to conduct a replication of Conine and Vollmer in Italy to evaluate cultural differences in food and leisure preferences. Results of our study were similar: For 44% of participants, at least one leisure item ranked above all edible items and leisure items displaced all edible items for 28% of participants. Participants in the present study showed a higher preference for leisure items or toys that were not screen‐based technology devices, suggesting there may be cultural variation in the types of leisure items that are preferred.