Comparing Responding Across Standard Functional Analyses and Interview-Informed Synthesized Contingency Analyses

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Comparing Responding Across Standard Functional Analyses and Interview-Informed Synthesized Contingency Analyses

Van Nostrand, Meghan - Dissertation

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title: Comparing Responding Across Standard Functional Analyses and Interview-Informed Synthesized Contingency Analyses

creator: Van Nostrand, Meghan

subject: Dissertations, Academic.

description: This study evaluated the difference between outcomes of functional analyses (FA) when comparing standard FA methodologies to those of the interview-informed synthesized contingency analysis (IISCA) across six children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Functional analysis outcomes were compared using a reversal design; rates of responding across conditions within each FA were compared with an embedded multi-element design. For participants whose FA data indicated a different function of the target behavior across the standard FA and the IISCA, a treatment evaluation was completed to determine whether the intervention was more effective when based on the results of the different functional analyses. A within-session analysis was utilized to determine the extent to which allocation of responding differed during reinforcer-present intervals and reinforcer-absent intervals across both the standard FA and the IISCA. Results indicated that elevated levels of responding and differentiation occurred during both the IISCA and standard FA test conditions. Effective treatment outcomes occurred following both FA types, and pre-assessment protocols reliably identified the function of the target behaviors, although functionally irrelevant variables were implicated. The data analyses showed that the standard FA and IISCA both had differentiated data reliably and that responding was allocated exclusively to reinforcer-absent intervals for both FA types. Implications for applied practice and suggestions for future research are discussed.

publisher: Simmons University (Boston, Mass.)

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date: 2020

type: Text

format: 1 PDF (140 Pages)

identifier: td_ba_2020_vnm

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language: English

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