Hanley Gregory P, Iwata Brian A, McCord Brandon E
Department of Human Development and Family Life, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045, USA.
J Appl Behav Anal. 2003 Summer;36(2):147-85. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2003.36-147.
Functional analysis methodology focuses on the identification of variables that influence the occurrence of problem behavior and has become a hallmark of contemporary approaches to behavioral assessment. In light of the widespread use of pretreatment functional analyses in articles published in this and other journals, we reviewed the literature in an attempt to identify best practices and directions for future research. Studies included in the present review were those in which (a) a pretreatment assessment based on (b) direct observation and measurement of (c) problem behavior was conducted under (d) at least two conditions involving manipulation of an environmental variable in an attempt (e) to demonstrate a relation between the environmental event and behavior. Studies that met the criteria for inclusion were quantified and critically evaluated along a number of dimensions related to subject and setting characteristics, parametric and qualitative characteristics of the methodology, types of assessment conditions, experimental designs, topographies of problem behaviors, and the manner in which data were displayed and analyzed.
功能分析方法侧重于识别影响问题行为发生的变量，并已成为当代行为评估方法的一个标志。鉴于在本期刊和其他期刊发表的文章中预处理功能分析的广泛应用，我们回顾了文献，试图确定最佳实践和未来研究方向。本综述纳入的研究是那些：（a）基于（b）对（c）问题行为的直接观察和测量进行的预处理评估，在（d）至少两种涉及操纵环境变量的条件下进行，试图（e）证明环境事件与行为之间的关系。符合纳入标准的研究沿着与受试者和环境特征、方法的参数和定性特征、评估条件类型、实验设计、问题行为的表现形式以及数据呈现和分析方式相关的多个维度进行了量化和批判性评估。
