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EFFECTS OF SIGNALING INVASIVE PROCEDURES ON A HOSPITALIZED INFANT'S AFFECTIVE BEHAVIORS
Author(s) -
Derrickson Janice G.,
Neef Nancy A.,
Cataldo Michael F.
Publication year - 1993
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.1993.26-133
Subject(s) - psychology , stimulus (psychology) , auditory stimuli , animal behavior , developmental psychology , audiology , neuroscience , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , medicine , perception , zoology , biology
We report the effects of using a visual and auditory stimulus signaling impending painful medical procedures versus “safe” periods on the affective behavior of a hospitalized infant. The results of a reversal design suggested that the signaling procedures increased positive behaviors and decreased negative behaviors during both noninvasive and invasive caregiver events.