Finch B E, Wallace C J, Davis J R
J Nerv Ment Dis. 1976 Dec;l63(6):408-13. doi: 10.1097/00005053-197612000-00004.
Four adult, chronic psychotic inpatients were observed before, during and after the contingent application of time-out. Time-out was a part of their individual treatment programs, and consisted of placement in a furnitureless room for 15 minutes. Observations were made of 16 behaviors grouped into seven categories; these categories included both consequated and nonconsequated behaviors. Observation sessions lasted for 15 minutes with interval recording of each behavior for the first 10 seconds of every 30-second block. Results for each subject were analyzed by means of three-way factorial ANOVAs, and indicated the following: a) three subjects exhibited significant differences in response frequency before, during, and after time-out that were consistent across all instances of their being placed in time-out; b) the particular behaviors that reliably varied with the observation conditions for one subject were not the same as those which reliably varied for another subject; c) two subjects significantly increased the frequency of their consequated responses during time-out in spite of the fact that time-out was effective as measured by a significantly lower emission rate after time-out compared to before time-out.
对四名成年慢性精神病住院患者在实施限时隔离之前、期间和之后进行了观察。限时隔离是他们个人治疗方案的一部分，包括被安置在一个没有家具的房间里15分钟。对16种行为进行了观察，并将其分为七类；这些类别包括有相应后果的行为和无相应后果的行为。观察时段持续15分钟，每30秒时间段的前10秒对每种行为进行间隔记录。通过三因素析因方差分析对每个受试者的结果进行了分析，结果如下：a）三名受试者在限时隔离之前、期间和之后的反应频率存在显著差异，且在他们每次被置于限时隔离的所有情况下都是一致的；b）一名受试者中随观察条件可靠变化的特定行为与另一名受试者中可靠变化的行为不同；c）两名受试者在限时隔离期间有相应后果的反应频率显著增加，尽管从限时隔离后与限时隔离前相比显著降低的发出率来看，限时隔离是有效的。
