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MULTIVARIATE EFFECTS OF DEMAND CHARACTERISTICS ON THE ANALOGUE ASSESSMENT OF HETEROSOCIAL COMPETENCE
Author(s) -
MartinezDiaz Jose A.,
Edelstein Barry A.
Publication year - 1979
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.1979.12-679
Subject(s) - psychology , competence (human resources) , multivariate analysis , multivariate statistics , univariate , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , statistics , mathematics
The present study assessed the effects of a contextual demand manipulation (pretreatment assessment versus experiment) and an instructional demand manipulation (high demand for competent behavior versus neutral demand) on the analogue assessment of heterosocial competence. Also assessed was the interaction between each demand manipulation and subject characteristics (high‐frequency dating/low heterosocially anxious versus low‐frequency dating/high heterosocially anxious college males). Students were assigned randomly to one of four groups receiving differential information and instructions. Students completed a battery of five standard paper‐and‐pencil questionnaires, responded out loud to 10 taped social situations, and conversed with a female confederate while being videotaped for five minutes. Multivariate analyses revealed highly significant differences between subject groups and between contextual manipulation groups. Univariate analyses revealed that only 3 of the 16 dependent measures, including 2 of the self‐reports, were significantly affected by the contextual demand. Results are discussed in light of previous studies of phobic behavior and social skills. Various avenues for future research were presented.