TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional analysis of maladaptive behaviors
T2 - Rule as a transitive conditioned motivating operation
AU - Belfiore, Phillip J.
AU - Kitchen, Thomas
AU - Lee, David L.
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - The purpose of this study was to examine the role of a staff-delivered rule on the occurrence of challenging behavior (stereotypic touching) of an adult with severe intellectual disabilities. Four experimental functional analysis conditions were developed: (a) attention, (b) rule + attention, (c) rule only, and (d) control. Results showed that the percentage of intervals in which stereotypic touching responses (STR) occurred was greater within the experimental condition where a rule statement was embedded with contingent attention. Results are discussed in light of the plasticity of functional analysis technology to allow for stimulus variation within the typical social attention condition, and the suggestion that the rule statement, in this study, may function as a Transitive Conditioned Establishing Operation (CEO-T), asserting that the provision of attention is more valued in the presence of the stated rule.
AB - The purpose of this study was to examine the role of a staff-delivered rule on the occurrence of challenging behavior (stereotypic touching) of an adult with severe intellectual disabilities. Four experimental functional analysis conditions were developed: (a) attention, (b) rule + attention, (c) rule only, and (d) control. Results showed that the percentage of intervals in which stereotypic touching responses (STR) occurred was greater within the experimental condition where a rule statement was embedded with contingent attention. Results are discussed in light of the plasticity of functional analysis technology to allow for stimulus variation within the typical social attention condition, and the suggestion that the rule statement, in this study, may function as a Transitive Conditioned Establishing Operation (CEO-T), asserting that the provision of attention is more valued in the presence of the stated rule.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ridd.2015.11.012
DO - 10.1016/j.ridd.2015.11.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 26692455
AN - SCOPUS:84949604247
SN - 0891-4222
VL - 49-50
SP - 100
EP - 107
JO - Research in Developmental Disabilities
JF - Research in Developmental Disabilities
ER -