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FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF THE BIZARRE SPEECH OF DUALLY DIAGNOSED ADULTS
Author(s) -
Lancaster Blake M.,
LeBlanc Linda A.,
Carr James E.,
Brenske Shasta,
Peet Mary M.,
Culver Steven J.
Publication year - 2004
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.2004.37-395
Subject(s) - psychology , reinforcement , functional analysis , referral , developmental psychology , medical diagnosis , clinical psychology , audiology , social psychology , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , family medicine , pathology , gene
Nine behavior‐analytic studies, each reporting data for a single participant, have shown that bizarre speech can be maintained by social reinforcement. In the current study, we controlled for a possible referral bias in this literature by including nonreferred participants with dual diagnoses. Functional analyses identified attention functions for 2 participants and nonsocial functions for the others. Noncontingent reinforcement decreased the bizarre speech of both participants who displayed attention‐maintained bizarre speech.