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FURTHER EVALUATION OF LEISURE ITEMS IN THE ATTENTION CONDITION OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES
Author(s) -
Roscoe Eileen M.,
Carreau Abbey,
MacDonald Jackie,
Pence Sacha T.
Publication year - 2008
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.2008.41-351
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology
Research suggests that including leisure items in the attention condition of a functional analysis may produce engagement that masks sensitivity to attention. In this study, 4 individuals' initial functional analyses indicated that behavior was maintained by nonsocial variables ( n = 3) or by attention ( n = 1). A preference assessment was used to identify items for subsequent functional analyses. Four conditions were compared, attention with and without leisure items and control with and without leisure items. Following this, either high‐ or low‐preference items were included in the attention condition. Problem behavior was more probable during the attention condition when no leisure items or low‐preference items were included, and lower levels of problem behavior were observed during the attention condition when high‐preference leisure items were included. These findings suggest how preferred items may hinder detection of behavioral function.

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