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OPPOSITIONAL CHILDREN: A QUEST FOR PARENTAL REINFORCEMENT CONTROL 1
Author(s) -
Wahler Robert G.
Publication year - 1969
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 - 10.1901/jaba.1969.2-159
Subject(s) - timeout , psychology , reinforcement , differential reinforcement , multiple baseline design , developmental psychology , value (mathematics) , social psychology , psychiatry , statistics , mathematics , intervention (counseling)
The present study attempted to examine changes in parental reinforcement value as a function of parental use of timeout and differential attention. Subjects were two children classified by their parents as highly oppositional to parental requests or commands. Results showed that the children's oppositional behavior varied predictably with the presence and absence of parental use of timeout and differential attention. As expected, parental reinforcement value for the children was higher during treatment periods than during baseline periods.