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EVALUATION OF FAMILY INTERVENTION THROUGH UNOBTRUSIVE AUDIO RECORDINGS: EXPERIENCES IN “BUGGING” CHILDREN 1
Author(s) -
Johnson Stephen M.,
Christensen Andrew,
Bellamy G. Tom
Publication year - 1976
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.1976.9-213
Subject(s) - bedtime , psychology , intervention (counseling) , timer , developmental psychology , audiology , medicine , psychiatry , computer science , computer hardware , microcontroller
Five children referred to a child‐family intervention program wore a radio transmitter in the home during pre‐intervention and termination assessments. The transmitter broadcast to a receiver‐recording apparatus in the home (either activated by an interval timer at predetermined “random” times or by parents at predetermined “picked” times). “Picked” times were parent‐selected situations during which problems typically occurred ( e.g ., bedtime). Parents activated the recorder regularly whether or not problems occurred. Child‐deviant, parent‐negative, and parent‐commanding behaviors were significantly higher at the picked times during pretest than at random times. At posttest, behaviors in all three classes were substantially reduced at picked times, but not at random times. For individual subject data, reductions occurred in at least two of the three dependent variables for three of the five cases during random time assessments. In general, the behavioral outcome data corresponded to parent‐attitude reports and parent‐collected observation data.