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Le, Duy D.; Smith, Richard G.

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“…In the current study, we utilized protective equipment (i.e., gloves) to prevent injury. However, it is possible that protective equipment could alter the results of the FA (see Le & Smith, 2002, for an example of this with self-injurious behavior in humans). Because of this potential confound, variations of the FA should be further explored with the cat population (e.g., brief FA, Wallace & Iwata, 1999; trial-based FA, Bloom et al, 2011).…”

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Functional analysis and treatment of feline aggression in an animal shelter.

Salmeron¹,

Payne²,

Hegr³

2021

Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice

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Cats who engage in aggression in animal shelters may be less likely to be adopted and are at risk for euthanasia. Currently, the best methods for reducing aggressive behavior exhibited by cats are unclear. Functional analysis (FA) is an assessment approach known to be successful in identifying the variables that maintain problem behavior exhibited by humans and some nonhuman animal species. By identifying the variables that maintain the problem behavior, function-based interventions can be developed to treat the problem behavior. However, no studies utilizing FA of problem behavior, such as aggression, exhibited by cats have been published. In the current study, we conducted FAs of aggressive behavior for three shelter cats with aggression that was hindering their adoption. Results showed that all three cats exhibited aggression maintained by escape from humans; therefore, a counterconditioning and extinction treatment was used to reduce problem behavior. For all cats, an 80% reduction in problem behavior relative to baseline was achieved.

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Functional analysis and treatment of feline aggression in an animal shelter.

Salmeron¹,

Payne²,

Hegr³

2021

Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice

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“…A third option for decreasing the risk associated with FA of severe problem behavior involves the use of protective equipment (e.g., helmets for selfinjurious head banging) during FA. The use of protective equipment should be considered carefully because these devices can affect FA outcomes (J. C. Borrero, Vollmer, Wright, Lerman, & Kelley, 2002;Le & Smith, 2002;Moore, Fisher, & Pennington, 2004). Specifically, protective equipment has been shown to reduce rates of problem behavior (possibly through punishment or sensory extinction; i.e., blocking the sensory consequences produced by the behavior) during an FA, resulting in inconclusive FA results.…”

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Assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior.

Hagopian¹,

Dozier²,

Rooker³

et al. 2013

APA Handbook of Behavior Analysis, Vol. 2: Translating Principles Into Practice.

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“…However, the risk of serious injury to the individual has led researchers to evaluate the effects PE may have on the outcomes of FA. Le and Smith (2002) compared the outcomes of FA conducted with and without PE. The FA without PE identified clear maintaining variables for two participants while the behavior was completely suppressed, and the function unidentifiable, once PE was applied.…”

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“…Authors have suggested that PE may reduce levels of behavior through sensory extinction, response cost, stimulus control, or punishment (Le and Smith 2002;Moore et al 2004). There are some situations where the use of PE to conduct additional sessions for FA with inconclusive results might prove useful and aid with identification of behavioral function (e.g., xx).…”

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Variations in Functional Analysis Methodology: A Systematic Review

Lydon¹,

Healy²,

O’Reilly

et al. 2012

J Dev Phys Disabil

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Functional analysis procedures have been revolutionary in the field of applied behavior analysis. Their ability to identify the contingencies maintaining problem behavior has allowed clinicians to develop function-based treatments and minimised the use of aversive procedures to reduce problem behavior. However, limitations including their time consuming nature, the expertise they require, their unsuitability for certain settings and types of behavior, and their reinforcement of the problem behavior, often preclude their use in applied settings. Several alternative types of functional analysis have been developed to compensate for these limitations. This review includes studies that investigated the use of brief functional analysis, latency functional analysis, precursor functional analysis, functional analysis with protective equipment, and trial-based functional analysis. Studies that met the inclusion criteria were evaluated with respect to various aspects including sample and setting characteristics, target behaviors, additional assessments, outcomes of the analyses, and efficacy of function-based treatments applied.Keywords Brief functional analysis . Latency functional analysis . Precursor functional analysis . Functional analysis with protective equipment . Trial-based functional analysis . Traditional functional analysis It is long established that all behaviors serve a function for an individual and that behavior is influenced by contingencies in an individual's environment. Determining J Dev Phys Disabil (2012) 24:301-326

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Cited by 36 publications

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Functional analysis and treatment of feline aggression in an animal shelter.

Functional analysis and treatment of feline aggression in an animal shelter.

Assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior.

Variations in Functional Analysis Methodology: A Systematic Review

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