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A Systematic Examination of Different Parameters of Presession Exposure to Tangible Stimuli That Maintain Problem Behavior

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: We examined the effects of three different presession conditions on tangibly maintained problem behavior for 2 students with autism, using individual-participant multielement designs. First, an analogue functional analysis demonstrated that problem behavior was maintained by access to tangible items. Next, topographies of item rejection were identified. Finally, students were exposed to (a) brief access, (b) no access, and (c) satiation to the tangible items prior to tangible sessions. The results demonstrated high levels of problem behavior following the brief-access and no-access presession conditions and low levels of problem behavior following the satiation condition. The findings are discussed in the context of how satiation might best be defined for these sorts of evaluations.

Source: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-773

Authors: Mark O'Reilly, Russell Lang, Tonya Davis, Mandy Rispoli, Wendy Machalicek, Jeff Sigafoos, Giulio Lancioni, Robert Didden

Institutions: The University of Texas at Austin, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Radboud University Nijmegen

Language: English

Topic: Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2144352024

FWCI: 6.442

Cites: 30

Cited by: 46

Related to: 10