Assessing the Utility of a Demand Assessment for Functional Analysis

Roscoe, Eileen M.; Rooker, Griffin W.; Pence, Sacha T.; Longworth, Lynlea J

doi:10.1901/jaba.2009.42-819

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“…The current evaluation attempted to develop and validate a direct observation method for selecting aversive stimuli for inclusion in the negative reinforcement test condition of an FA, extending findings from previous research (Call et al, , ; Roscoe et al, ). The methodology related to the paired‐stimulus preference assessment for identification of preferred stimuli was applied to the systematic identification of preference for demands (i.e., PSDA).…”

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“…Practitioners often rely on unstructured caregiver interviews to identify stimuli included in negative reinforcement test conditions. There are, however, a few notable exceptions, which include the Negative Reinforcement Rating Scale (NRRS; Zarcone, Crosland, Fisher, Worsdell, & Herman, ), a demand analysis using a rate measure (Roscoe, Rooker, Pence, & Longworth, ), and a demand analysis using a latency measure (Call, Pabico, & Lomas, ).…”

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“…To address potential limitations of indirect assessments, two demand assessments have been developed to directly evaluate demands for inclusion in FAs. Roscoe et al () exposed participants to each of 12 academic‐like demands during 5‐min escape test conditions to identify high‐probability (i.e., lower problem behavior and/or higher compliance) and low‐probability (i.e., higher problem behavior and/or lower compliance) demands to include in escape test conditions. The FA results showed clear differentiation between control and escape conditions for three of four participants with low‐probability demands, while a function could not be determined with high‐probability demands.…”

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Use of a paired‐stimulus demand analysis to evaluate demands for inclusion in functional analyses

Zangrillo

Simmons

Fisher

et al. 2019

J of App Behav Analysis

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Clinicians regularly use both indirect and direct assessments to identify preferred stimuli to include in control conditions and positive reinforcement test conditions in a functional analysis (FA). However, clinicians often rely on indirect assessment alone (e.g., caregiver report) to identify aversive stimuli to include in negative reinforcement test conditions. In this study, we evaluate a paired‐stimulus demand analysis and validate assessment results via FA. Results indicate that, for all 4 participants, the demands selected least often evoked higher rates of destructive behavior than more frequently selected demands. We identified an escape function for all 4 participants in the escape–least selected (LS) condition (true positive finding) and for only 1 participant in the escape–most selected (MS) condition (false negative finding for 3 of 4 participants). These results support the utility of empirically deriving stimuli for inclusion in the negative reinforcement test condition of an FA to decrease the likelihood of false negative findings.

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Use of a paired‐stimulus demand analysis to evaluate demands for inclusion in functional analyses

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Fisher

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“…Data from several studies have indicated that specific antecedent and consequent events may influence the occurrence of problem behavior during an FA, producing both false‐positive (Galiatsatos & Graff, 2003; Shirley et al, 1999) and false‐negative (O'Reilly, Lancioni, King, Lally, & Dhomhnaill, 2000; Roscoe, Carreau, MacDonald, & Pence, 2008; Roscoe, Rooker, Pence, & Longworth, 2009) outcomes. In each case, clarification of results required further analysis.…”

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False-Positive Tangible Outcomes of Functional Analyses

Rooker

Iwata

Harper

et al. 2011

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

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Functional analysis (FA) methodology is the most precise method for identifying variables that maintain problem behavior. Occasionally, however, results of an FA may be influenced by idiosyncratic sensitivity to aspects of the assessment conditions. For example, data from several studies suggest that inclusion of a tangible condition during an FA may be prone to a falsepositive outcome, although the extent to which tangible reinforcement routinely produces such outcomes is unknown. We examined susceptibility to tangible reinforcement by determining whether a new response was acquired more readily when exposed to a tangible contingency relative to others commonly used in an FA (Study 1), and whether problem behavior known not to have a social function nevertheless emerged when exposed to tangible reinforcement (Study 2). Results indicated that inclusion of items in the tangible condition should be done with care and that selection should be based on those items typically found in the individual's environment.

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“…Call et al [23] and Roscoe et al [24] demonstrate the utility of manipulating task-aversiveness in order to reveal a demand escape function to selfinjurious behaviour. These techniques borrow from the principles used in preference assessments by monitoring participant responses to an increasingly aversive hierarchy of demands.…”

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Self-injurious behaviour in people with intellectual disability

Oliver

Richards

2010

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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Purpose of review. To provide a critical evaluation of a broad range of peer reviewed published studies of relevance to self-injurious behaviour in people with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders.Recent findings. The review covers the prevalence of self-injurious behaviour, the characteristics of those showing the behaviour, self-injury in autism spectrum disorders, biological influences on self-injurious behaviour, behavioural assessment and psychological and pharmacological interventions Summary: The recent literature describes systematic evaluation of the efficacy of aripiprazole, and parent training combined with risperidone. Meta analyses of behavioural interventions provide evidence of their efficacy and related research describes beneficial modification to behavioural assessment procedures. The prevalence literature provides data on individual characteristics that are associated with persistence and presence of self-injury and that might be considered as risk markers. Pain behaviour appears to be associated with self-injury with implications for theories of the involvement of endorphins and as a casual factor. In combination these research findings demonstrate the multiple influences on selfinjurious behaviour that must be taken into account in the assessment, formulation, intervention process.

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Assessing the Utility of a Demand Assessment for Functional Analysis

Cited by 47 publications

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Use of a paired‐stimulus demand analysis to evaluate demands for inclusion in functional analyses

Use of a paired‐stimulus demand analysis to evaluate demands for inclusion in functional analyses

False-Positive Tangible Outcomes of Functional Analyses

Self-injurious behaviour in people with intellectual disability

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