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DECREASING BURNED CHILDREN'S PAIN BEHAVIOR: IMPACTING THE TRAUMA OF HYDROTHERAPY
Author(s) -
Kelley Mary Lou,
Jarvie Gregory J.,
Middlebrook Jimmy L.,
McNeer Mary Frances,
Drabman Ronald S.
Publication year - 1984
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.1984.17-147
Subject(s) - cooperativeness , observational study , psychology , hydrotherapy , rating scale , physical therapy , anxiety , clinical psychology , multiple baseline design , respondent , developmental psychology , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , alternative medicine , personality , pathology , political science , law , temperament
We evaluated the effects of cartoon viewing with the use of a star feedback chart on two burned children's pain behavior during their physical therapy sessions. In addition, the degree to which the observational data corresponded with physical therapists' and mothers' ratings of the children's pain, fear, and cooperativeness was examined. Using a reversal single‐subject design, the results showed that the children's pain behavior substantially decreased during experimental treatment sessions compared to their baseline levels. The rating scale data indicated that the physical therapist's and mother's rating of pain, anxiety, and cooperativeness were all correlated significantly with the observational data ( p < .05). The contributions of respondent and operant conditioning to the occurrence and treatment of pain behavior in burned children are discussed.