An assessment of social validity trends in applied behavior analysis

Carr, James E.; Austin, John; Britton, Lisa N.; Kellum, Karen Kate; Bailey, Jon S.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-078x(199910/12)14:4<223::aid-bin37>3.0.co;2-y

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“…The current study highlights the importance of considering the social validity of behavioral treatments (Carr, Austin, Britton, Kellum, & Bailey, 1999). For Callie's caregiver, decorating for the holidays was an important family tradition in which the family had been unable to participate for several years.…”

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Assessment and treatment of pica and destruction of holiday decorations

Mitteer

Romani

Greer

et al. 2015

J of App Behav Analysis

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Problem behavior exhibited by individuals with autism can be disruptive to family traditions, such as decorating for the holidays. We present data for a 6-year-old girl who engaged in automatically reinforced pica and property destruction of holiday decorations. Treatment was evaluated within an ABCDCD reversal design. During baseline Phases A and B, we observed elevated rates of problem behavior. We implemented differential reinforcement of alternative behavior in Phase C to teach a response to compete with problem behavior. Little change in toy play or problem behavior occurred. In Phase D, we added a facial screen to the differential-reinforcement procedures, which resulted in increases in toy play and decreases in problem behavior. Findings are discussed in terms of how interventions for problem behavior can promote alternative behavior while facilitating household activities and traditions.

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confidence: 91%

Assessment and treatment of pica and destruction of holiday decorations

Mitteer

Romani

Greer

et al. 2015

J of App Behav Analysis

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“…Social validity is not assessed and/or reported in research as frequently as recommended (Carr, Austin, Britton, Kellum, & Bailey, ). This study contributed to the literature by assessing social validity of a potentially invasive behavior‐analytic feeding intervention.…”

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Evaluation of a finger prompt variation in the treatment of pediatric feeding disorders

Rubio

Volkert

Farling³

et al. 2019

J of App Behav Analysis

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Children with feeding disorders often engage in refusal behavior to escape or avoid eating. Escape extinction combined with reinforcement is a well‐established intervention to treat food refusal. Physical guidance procedures (e.g., jaw prompt, finger prompt) have been shown to increase food acceptance and decrease inappropriate mealtime behavior when more commonly employed escape extinction (e.g., nonremoval of the spoon) procedures are ineffective. The finger prompt, however, has not been extensively evaluated as a treatment adjunct to target food refusal, thus necessitating further examination. The purpose of this prospective study was to assess a variation of a finger prompt procedure to treat food refusal and to assess caregivers' acceptability of the procedure. Three children age 1 to 4 years admitted to an intensive feeding disorders program and their caregivers participated. The finger prompt was effective in increasing bite acceptance across all participants and decreasing or maintaining low levels of inappropriate behavior for 2 participants. The procedure was also acceptable to all caregivers.

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“…McIntyre, Gresham, DiGennaro, and Reed () reviewed school‐based studies published in JABA between 1991 and 2005 with individuals ages 0–18 years, and the authors found that only 30% of the studies reported treatment integrity data. Articles published in JABA from 1968 to 1998 were also assessed for reports of social validity measures, and the authors found that less than 13% of articles reported treatment outcome and acceptability measures (Carr, Austin, Britton, Kellum, & Bailey, ). Assuming that other journals outside of behavior analysis are less familiar with procedural fidelity and social validity measurement in SCD research, the lack of these data in the current review was not particularly surprising.…”

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Applied Behavior Analysis in Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation: A Meta‐analysis of Single‐case Design Intervention Research

Heinicke

Carr

2014

Behavioral Interventions

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The purpose of this meta-analysis was to complete a systematic evidence-based review of published behavioral treatment studies employing single-case designs with both children and adults with acquired brain injury. Peer-reviewed journals were searched using PsycINFO, Medline, and ERIC databases with combinations of terms such as brain injury, behavior disorder, behavior therapy, behavior modification, behavior analysis, and verbal behavior. A total of 112 acquisition and reduction studies met the established inclusion criteria. The data extracted from each study included specific details about the participants, target responses, intervention characteristics, use of functional assessment, and outcome characteristics. A data extraction software program was also used to extract data from graphs to calculate percentage of nonoverlapping data as an effect size . The studies were then evaluated along several dimensions from multiple evidencebased practice frameworks. Collectively, interventions targeted a wide range of behaviors for acquisition and reduction, but only five interventions were classified as well established according to the American Psychological Association Division 12 criteria. Furthermore, methodology of the identified studies was found to be relatively poor. A variety of methodological concerns are discussed. Copyright

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An assessment of social validity trends in applied behavior analysis

Cited by 83 publications

References 7 publications

Assessment and treatment of pica and destruction of holiday decorations

Assessment and treatment of pica and destruction of holiday decorations

Evaluation of a finger prompt variation in the treatment of pediatric feeding disorders

Applied Behavior Analysis in Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation: A Meta‐analysis of Single‐case Design Intervention Research

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