Functional Analysis Screening for Problem Behavior Maintained by Automatic Reinforcement

Querim, Angie C.; Iwata, Brian A.; Roscoe, Eileen M.; Schlichenmeyer, Kevin; Ortega, Javier Virués; Hurl, Kylee E.

doi:10.1002/jaba.26

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“…Like any functional analysis, the IISCA is not equipped to demonstrate control by automatic reinforcement contingencies. When an interview suggests control by automatic reinforcement, arrangement of a series of alone sessions is recommended (Querim et al, ); treatment is then implemented if problem behavior persists despite the absence of socially mediated contingencies (see, e.g., Potter, Hanley, Augustine, Clay, & Phelps, ). However, automatic reinforcement was never suspected for participants in the current study because all interviews suggested socially mediated contingencies.…”

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Interview‐informed synthesized contingency analyses: Thirty replications and reanalysis

Jessel

Hanley

Ghaemmaghami

2016

J of App Behav Analysis

107

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The speed with which a functional analysis (FA) provides a convincing demonstration of the variables that influence problem behavior may be termed efficiency. Multiple FA formats have been developed to improve analytic efficiency while the core components of the Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, and Richman (1982/1994) procedures are maintained. We attempted to illustrate an alternative efficient process for conducting FAs of problem behavior that relied on modifying those core components. In Study 1, we describe 30 applications of the interview-informed synthesized contingency analysis (Hanley, Jin, Vanselow, & Hanratty, 2014), which required an average of 25 min of analysis. The first sessions of these analyses were reanalyzed in Study 2 to determine if contingencies that controlled problem behavior could be identified in only 3 to 5 min. This was the case in 80% of analyses.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interview‐informed synthesized contingency analyses: Thirty replications and reanalysis

Jessel

Hanley

Ghaemmaghami

2016

J of App Behav Analysis

107

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“…We conducted a traditional FA based on procedures described by Iwata et al (1982/) with modifications outlined by Fisher, Piazza, and Chiang () and Querim et al (). That is, we conducted a series of consecutive ignore sessions to determine whether problem behavior persisted in the absence of social contingencies as a test for automatic reinforcement (Querim et al).…”

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Comparisons of synthesized and individual reinforcement contingencies during functional analysis

Fisher

Greer

Romani

et al. 2016

J of App Behav Analysis

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Researchers typically modify individual functional analysis (FA) conditions after results are inconclusive (Hanley, Iwata, & McCord, 2003). Hanley, Jin, Vanselow, and Hanratty (2014) introduced a marked departure from this practice, using an interview-informed synthesized contingency analysis (IISCA). In the test condition, they delivered multiple contingencies simultaneously (e.g., attention and escape) after each occurrence of problem behavior; in the control condition, they delivered those same reinforcers noncontingently and continuously. In the current investigation, we compared the results of IISCA with a more traditional FA in which we evaluated each putative reinforcer individually. Four of 5 participants displayed destructive behavior that was sensitive to the individual contingencies evaluated in the traditional FA. By contrast, none of the participants showed a response pattern consistent with the assumption of the IISCA. We discuss the implications of these findings on the development of accurate and efficient functional analyses.

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“…We first conducted a Functional Analysis Screening Tool (Iwata, DeLeon, & Roscoe, 2013) with three members of the group home staff who worked with Carl each week to identify possible variables maintaining Carl's rumination. We then conducted a modified pre-treatment screening analysis (Querim et al, 2013) to determine if rumination occurred in the absence of social consequences. Our sessions were longer in duration than those used by Querim et al (2013).…”

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The Use of a Verbal Reprimand to Decrease Rumination in a Child With Autism

Domínguez

Wilder

Cheung

et al. 2014

Behavioral Interventions

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After a pre-treatment screening analysis suggested that rumination exhibited by a boy with autism occurred in the absence of social consequences, we evaluated the effect of a verbal reprimand contingent on the target behavior via a reversal design. The reprimand reduced rumination to near-zero levels; we then thinned the reprimand schedule and rumination remained infrequent. Follow-up data collected 6, 12, and 18 months after initial treatment suggested that intervention effects were maintained. Copyright

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Functional Analysis Screening for Problem Behavior Maintained by Automatic Reinforcement

Cited by 158 publications

References 25 publications

Interview‐informed synthesized contingency analyses: Thirty replications and reanalysis

Interview‐informed synthesized contingency analyses: Thirty replications and reanalysis

Comparisons of synthesized and individual reinforcement contingencies during functional analysis

The Use of a Verbal Reprimand to Decrease Rumination in a Child With Autism

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