Marcus Autism Center, Emory University School of Medicine.
Center for Autism and Behavioral Education Research, University of Georgia.
J Appl Behav Anal. 2021 Apr;54(2):813-823. doi: 10.1002/jaba.791. Epub 2020 Oct 25.
The current study examined resurgence of problem behavior during thinning of multiple schedules of reinforcement following functional communication training replicating previous research (Briggs et al., 2018). Data were analyzed at each thinning step from subjects enrolled in an intensive day treatment program over a 5-year period. Results indicated that of the 239 thinning steps analyzed, resurgence was observed in 97 of those steps (40.6%), similar to results of Briggs et al. (2018). The data were also analyzed to estimate the magnitude of resurgence when it was observed. In the first session after the thinning step, the rate of problem behavior observed was 7 times higher than the average of the 5 sessions pre-thinning step.
本研究复制了 Briggs 等人（2018）的研究，考察了在功能沟通训练后，多重强化时间表逐渐减少时问题行为的再现。数据分析是在五年期间参加强化日间治疗计划的受试者的每个逐渐减少步骤中进行的。结果表明，在分析的 239 个逐渐减少步骤中，有 97 个步骤（40.6%）观察到了再现，与 Briggs 等人（2018）的结果相似。还对数据进行了分析，以估计观察到再现时的再现程度。在逐渐减少步骤后的第一个会话中，观察到的问题行为的比率是逐渐减少步骤前五个会话的平均比率的 7 倍。
