Strohmeier Craig W, Goetzel Amanda, Deinlein Sara, Schmidt Jonathan D
Neurobehavioral Unit Programs, Department of Behavioral Psychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, 707 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA.
Behav Anal Pract. 2022 Sep 21;16(3):745-754. doi: 10.1007/s40617-022-00743-3. eCollection 2023 Sep.
When mands and problem behavior co-occur within an individual's repertoire, a functional analysis of precurrent contingencies helps to identify any relation between the two responses, as well as the function of problem behavior. Repetitive behaviors may function similarly to mands and also co-occur with problem behavior; particularly when repetitive behavior is blocked, or when caregivers refrain from participating in repetitive behavior episodes (e.g., the repetitive behavior involves a verbal or physical interaction with a caregiver). The current study presents assessment and treatment results for two participants diagnosed with autism, who demonstrated repetitive speech and problem behavior. Informal observations suggested that problem behavior occurred when an adult failed to emit a specific response to the participant's repetitive speech. Functional analysis results confirmed the informal observations and suggested that problem behavior functioned as a precurrent response to increase the probability of reinforcement for repetitive speech. We report treatment results and discuss the application of precurrent contingency analyses for problem behavior and repetitive behavior.
当个体的行为技能库中同时出现指令行为和问题行为时，对先行性偶发事件进行功能分析有助于确定这两种反应之间的任何关系，以及问题行为的功能。重复行为的功能可能与指令行为相似，并且也与问题行为同时出现；特别是当重复行为被阻止时，或者当照顾者不参与重复行为事件时（例如，重复行为涉及与照顾者的言语或身体互动）。本研究呈现了两名被诊断为自闭症的参与者的评估和治疗结果，他们表现出重复言语和问题行为。非正式观察表明，当成年人未能对参与者的重复言语做出特定反应时，问题行为就会出现。功能分析结果证实了非正式观察，并表明问题行为起到先行反应的作用，以增加重复言语获得强化的可能性。我们报告治疗结果，并讨论先行性偶发事件分析在问题行为和重复行为中的应用。
