Watson T S, Sterling H E
Mississippi State University, USA.
J Appl Behav Anal. 1998 Fall;31(3):471-4. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1998.31-471.
This study sought to extend functional methodology to the assessment and treatment of habits. After a descriptive assessment indicated that coughing occurred while eating, a brief functional analysis suggested that social attention was the maintaining variable. Results demonstrated that treatment, derived from the assessment and analysis data, rapidly eliminated the cough. We discuss the appropriateness of using functional analysis procedures for deriving treatments for habits in a clinical setting.
本研究试图将功能方法扩展至习惯的评估与治疗。在一项描述性评估表明进食时会出现咳嗽之后,一项简短的功能分析显示社会关注是维持该行为的变量。结果表明,基于评估和分析数据得出的治疗方法迅速消除了咳嗽。我们讨论了在临床环境中使用功能分析程序来推导习惯治疗方法的适用性。