Department of Psychology, Monmouth University.
Department of Psychology,, University of Florida.
J Appl Behav Anal. 2020 Sep;53(4):2139-2150. doi: 10.1002/jaba.720. Epub 2020 May 10.
The present study extended functional analysis (FA) methodology to human-directed resource guarding in a dog in an in-home setting. The subject underwent four conditions including control, attention, escape, and tangible, arranged in a modified FA. The results indicated multiply controlled resource guarding (i.e., escape, attention, and tangible functions). The experimenter then conducted a treatment evaluation involving three function-based treatments in a concurrent multiple baseline design. Resource guarding decreased to zero levels in treatments for each maintaining contingency. Treatment effects were maintained when the subject was tested with an owner, with an untrained handler, a highly preferred treat, in an untrained setting, as well as after 2 weeks in the absence of training. Behavior analytic techniques may hold promise for lasting behavior change for resource guarding in domestic dogs, and should be examined in other populations and with other canine problem behavior.
本研究将功能分析（FA）方法扩展到了家庭环境中人类导向的资源保护犬。该犬只经历了包括控制、注意、逃避和有形奖励在内的四种条件，按照改良的 FA 进行排列。结果表明存在多重控制的资源保护（即逃避、注意和有形奖励功能）。然后，实验者在同时进行的多个基线设计中进行了基于功能的三种处理的治疗评估。对于每种维持性条件，资源保护减少到零水平。当对受试者进行主人测试、未经训练的 handler 测试、高度偏好的食物测试、未经训练的环境测试以及在没有训练的情况下 2 周后，治疗效果都得到了维持。行为分析技术可能为犬类的资源保护行为提供持久的改变，并应在其他群体和其他犬类问题行为中进行检验。
