A Note on Measuring Recurrence

Cançado, Carlos R. X.; Abreu‐Rodrigues, Josele; Aló, Raquel M.

doi:10.5514/rmac.v42.i1.56784

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“…To circumvent this issue, researchers investigating resistance to extinction and relapse‐related phenomena often transform absolute response rates to proportions of baseline to compare behavior equitably during test conditions. Proportion of baseline, a relative measure, allows for the identification of levels of responding during extinction that meet or exceed the levels of responding during baseline (Cançado, Abreu‐Rodrigues, & Aló, ). However, in the case of our experiments, proportion of baseline was an unnecessary transformation because baseline responding did not differ substantially within any participant.…”

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Investigations of operant ABA renewal during differential reinforcement

Kimball

Greer

Randall

et al. 2020

J Exper Analysis Behavior

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Operant renewal is a form of relapse in which a previously extinguished response recurs due to a change in context. We designed two experiments to examine the impact of differential reinforcement of alternative behavior on ABA renewal in a translational model of relapse with 12 children. We compared levels of renewal in two 3-phase arrangements. In one arrangement, we reinforced target responding in Context A, extinguished responding in Context B, and returned to Context A while continuing to implement extinction. In a second arrangement, an alternative response produced reinforcement in Context B and during the return to Context A. Results across the 2 experiments indicated 3 general findings. First, extinction plus differential reinforcement disrupted target behavior more consistently in Context B relative to extinction alone. Second, renewal tended to be greater and more persistent during extinction alone relative to extinction plus differential reinforcement. Third, the renewal effect appeared to depend on whether the alternative response had a history of extinction in Context A. We discuss methodological implications for the treatment of severe destructive behavior.

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Investigations of operant ABA renewal during differential reinforcement

Kimball

Greer

Randall

et al. 2020

J Exper Analysis Behavior

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“…Given the variation among individuals and methods used in clinical investigations, examining relations between and among relapse phenomena provides an opportunity for basic research to examine whether (a) different forms of relapse are related and (b) common behavioral processes mediate these phenomena. Third, there are also numerous thresholds used to define a relapse effect (see Cançado et al, 2016;Podlesnik et al, 2017Podlesnik et al, , 2023. Consistent with previous retrospective analyses, the present analyses compared response rates during resurgence and renewal testing with response rates during FCT (e.g., Briggs et al, 2018;Muething et al, 2020Muething et al, , 2021.…”

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A retrospective analysis of the relation between resurgence and renewal of behavior targeted for reduction

Muething,

Ritchey,

Call

et al. 2024

J of App Behav Analysis

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Functional communication training (FCT) is an evidence‐based treatment for behavior targeted for reduction that often combines extinction for target responses and arranges functionally equivalent reinforcement for alternative behavior. Long‐term effectiveness of FCT can become compromised when transitioning from clinic to nonclinic contexts or thinning reinforcement schedules for appropriate behavior. Such increases in targeted behavior have been conceptualized as renewal and resurgence, respectively. The relation between resurgence and renewal has yet to be reported. Therefore, the present report retrospectively analyzed the relation between renewal and resurgence in data collected when implementing FCT with children diagnosed with developmental disabilities. We found no relation when evaluating all 34 individuals assessed for resurgence and renewal or a subset of individuals exhibiting both resurgence and renewal. These findings suggest that one form of relapse may not be predictive of another form of relapse.

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“…Nevertheless, it is more appropriate to compare the magnitude of renewal between the dense and lean arrangements when renewal of target responding is expressed as a proportion of baseline response frequency because (a) the frequency of baseline target responding was highly disparate across participants and (b) the frequency of target responding often decreased during the second exposure to baseline in Context A relative to the first exposure to baseline. Note, we chose not to compare the magnitude of renewal expressed as a proportion of target responding at the end of the DRA plus extinction in the Context‐B phase because levels of target responding were often similar or identical in both the dense and lean DRA arrangements at the end of that phase (Cançado et al, 2016). To calculate renewal as a proportion of baseline, we divided the target response frequency during each minute of the renewal test by the mean target response frequency during the last 5 min of the immediately preceding baseline in Context A.…”

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Operant ABA renewal during dense and lean schedules of differential reinforcement

Kimball

Salvetti

Day

et al. 2023

J Exper Analysis Behavior

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Renewal is a type of relapse that occurs due to a change in context. Previous research has demonstrated that renewal of target responding may occur despite the availability of differential reinforcement for an alternative response (DRA). Nevertheless, the current literature on renewal presents mixed findings regarding the effects of dense and lean schedules of DRA on the magnitude of renewal. We used a translational approach with undergraduate college students and a task on a touchscreen tablet device to study the effects of dense and lean schedules of DRA during repeated renewal tests. All participants experienced two, three-phase ABA renewal arrangements. In the dense and lean renewal arrangements, we differentially reinforced alternative behavior in Context B and the renewal test in Context A on a VI 3-s or a VI 12-s schedule, respectively. Overall, we observed renewal in 31/36 (86%) renewal tests regardless of the density of reinforcement for the alternative response. Furthermore, the results showed that although renewal occurred in both arrangements, we found slightly higher magnitudes of renewal during DRA with lean schedules of reinforcement relative to dense schedules. We discuss the implications of these findings as they relate to the treatment of problem behavior.

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A Note on Measuring Recurrence

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Cited by 5 publications

References 18 publications

Investigations of operant ABA renewal during differential reinforcement

Investigations of operant ABA renewal during differential reinforcement

A retrospective analysis of the relation between resurgence and renewal of behavior targeted for reduction

Operant ABA renewal during dense and lean schedules of differential reinforcement

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