TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of presession attention on problem behavior maintained by different reinforcers
AU - McComas, Jennifer J.
AU - Thompson, Andrea
AU - Johnson, Le Anne
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The effect of presession attention on the later occurrence of problem behavior was examined with elementary-school children with a range of disabilities. Results of analogue functional analyses suggested an escape function, an attention function, or both. Following the analogue functional analyses, the effects of two antecedent conditions (10-min ignore vs. 10-min attention) were compared on problem behavior in subsequent test conditions. For participants who displayed attention-maintained problem behavior, the test condition involved contingent attention for problem behavior. For participants who displayed escape-maintained problem behavior, the test condition involved contingent escape for problem behavior. Results indicated that participants who displayed attention-maintained problem behavior displayed less problem behavior following presession exposure to attention than when ignored. No such effect was found for presession attention on escape-maintained problem behavior. We discuss matching antecedent-based interventions to the results of functional analysis.
AB - The effect of presession attention on the later occurrence of problem behavior was examined with elementary-school children with a range of disabilities. Results of analogue functional analyses suggested an escape function, an attention function, or both. Following the analogue functional analyses, the effects of two antecedent conditions (10-min ignore vs. 10-min attention) were compared on problem behavior in subsequent test conditions. For participants who displayed attention-maintained problem behavior, the test condition involved contingent attention for problem behavior. For participants who displayed escape-maintained problem behavior, the test condition involved contingent escape for problem behavior. Results indicated that participants who displayed attention-maintained problem behavior displayed less problem behavior following presession exposure to attention than when ignored. No such effect was found for presession attention on escape-maintained problem behavior. We discuss matching antecedent-based interventions to the results of functional analysis.
KW - Abolishing operations
KW - Academic settings
KW - Antecedent interventions
KW - Establishing operations
KW - Problem behavior
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U2 - 10.1901/jaba.2003.36-297
DO - 10.1901/jaba.2003.36-297
M3 - Article
C2 - 14596571
AN - SCOPUS:2142759551
SN - 0021-8855
VL - 36
SP - 297
EP - 307
JO - Journal of applied behavior analysis
JF - Journal of applied behavior analysis
IS - 3
ER -