Rollins College.
University of Florida.
J Appl Behav Anal. 2020 Apr;53(2):678-689. doi: 10.1002/jaba.620. Epub 2019 Aug 4.
Although prior research has suggested the function of socially reinforced problem behavior can change across time, the stability of the function of automatically reinforced behavior is largely unknown. Further, some authors have suggested automatically reinforced behavior is likely to enter into socially mediated contingencies. The present study compared 2 functional analyses conducted on the same target behavior at least 1 year apart. Participants were 6 individuals diagnosed with an intellectual or developmental disability displaying automatically reinforced vocal stereotypy. Results indicated the function of each participant's vocal stereotypy remained stable over time (i.e., no new functions were acquired); however, future research on functional stability for automatically reinforced behavior of other topographies is needed.
虽然先前的研究表明，社会强化问题行为的功能可能随时间而变化，但自动强化行为的稳定性在很大程度上尚不清楚。此外，一些作者认为自动强化行为可能会进入社会中介的连续体。本研究比较了至少相隔 1 年对同一目标行为进行的 2 项功能分析。参与者为 6 名被诊断为智力或发育障碍并表现出自发强化的发声刻板行为的个体。结果表明，每个参与者的发声刻板行为的功能随时间保持稳定（即，没有获得新的功能）；然而，需要对其他行为模式的自动强化行为的功能稳定性进行进一步研究。
