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A SINGLE‐SUBJECT APPROACH TO EVALUATING VEHICLE SAFETY BELT REMINDERS: BACK TO BASICS
Author(s) -
Berry Thomas D.,
Geller E. Scott
Publication year - 1991
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.1991.24-13
Subject(s) - seat belt , intervention (counseling) , applied psychology , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , psychology , injury prevention , reinforcement , multiple baseline design , physical medicine and rehabilitation , engineering , medical emergency , medicine , social psychology , automotive engineering , psychiatry
A single‐subject ABA reversal design was applied to evaluate the effectiveness of a limited 8‐s safety belt reminder system and two modified reminder systems (a delayed and second reminder) to increase the safety belt use of 13 drivers. The research was conducted with a specially equipped research vehicle that permitted the manipulation of different safety belt reminder stimuli and the unobtrusive recording of a driver's belt use. For 2 subjects, the limited 8‐s reminder increased safety belt use. For another 2 subjects, the second reminder markedly increased belt use. Some subjects were uninfluenced by the reminder systems presented; others always buckled up during both baseline and intervention conditions. The approach and results are discussed with regard to the application of behavior analysis methodologies (e.g., cumulative records) and principles (e.g., schedules of reinforcement) to advance the utility and investigation of safety belt reminder systems.