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VARIABLE EFFECTS OF A BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT PACKAGE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF INLINE ROLLER SPEED SKATERS
Author(s) -
Anderson Gayla,
Kirkpatrick Michael A.
Publication year - 2002
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.2002.35-195
Subject(s) - praise , psychology , psychological intervention , multiple baseline design , variable (mathematics) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , intervention (counseling) , audiology , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , mathematics , mathematical analysis
We investigated the effects of a treatment package on the performance of correct relay tags with 4 inline speed skaters. The treatment package included verbal praise following correct tags, visual feedback of performance data, and instruction for improving performance. Initial gains in the frequency of correct tags were not maintained at 6‐month follow‐up when baselines were reestablished. Performance on the second intervention phase for the 3 original subjects was variable and differed from the initial phase, whereas the original findings were replicated in the 4th subject. Possible reasons for this variability and implications for future research and behavioral sport interventions are considered.