Russell M B, Bernal M E
J Appl Behav Anal. 1977 Fall;10(3):399-405. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1977.10-399.
Home-observation data on 5- to 7-yr-old boys collected over 2 yr were examined for systematic variations in rates of desirable and undesirable behaviors associated with several temporal and climatic variables. Significant effects associated with time of day, day of the week, precipitation, and temperature were found. No significant effects on the naturalistic observation data were found for environmental factors associated with lunar phase. It was noted that the correlational nature of the findings did not obviate the necessity for control of the influence of temporal and climatic variables. Several methodological strategies for such control were discussed.
对5至7岁男孩在两年内收集的家庭观察数据进行了检查，以研究与几个时间和气候变量相关的期望行为和不期望行为发生率的系统变化。发现了与一天中的时间、一周中的日期、降水量和温度相关的显著影响。对于与月相相关的环境因素，未发现对自然观察数据有显著影响。需要注意的是，研究结果的相关性并不排除控制时间和气候变量影响的必要性。讨论了几种进行这种控制的方法策略。
