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A PRELIMINARY COMPARISON OF REINFORCER ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
Author(s) -
Northup John,
Jones Kevin,
Broussard Carmen,
George Terri
Publication year - 1995
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.1995.28-99
Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , developmental psychology , hyperkinesis , attention deficit , nomination , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , political science , law
We evaluated the relative treatment utility of a verbal forced‐choice questionnaire, child nomination, and direct observation for identifying the most potent reinforcers for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Results demonstrated that all three methods were more likely to disagree than to agree, that a forced‐choice format may enhance verbal reinforcer assessment, and that further development and evaluation of verbal reinforcer‐assessment methods are needed.