Document Type
Dissertation
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Psychology
Degree
PhD in Behavior Analysis
Dissertation Defense Date
2016
First Committee Member
Hanley, Gregory P.
Second Committee Member
Thompson, Rachel
Third Committee Member
Bourret, Jason
Additional Committee Member(s)
Sassi, Jessica
Abstract
"Hanley, Jin, Vanselow, and Hanratty (2014) described a functional analysis format that synthesized several variables based on information from open-ended interviews. This analysis provided an effective baseline from which to develop socially validated treatments, but the synthesis precluded a precise understanding of individual contingencies influencing problem behavior. In Study 1, we compared interview-informed synthesized contingency analyses (IISCA) and standard functional analyses (Iwata et al., 1982/1994) for nine children with autism. Response topographies (precursors and problem behavior) and consequences were synthesized in the IISCA; neither was synthesized in the standard analysis. The IISCA was differentiated for all nine participants. The standard analysis was differentiated for four participants; this number increased to six when we repeated the analysis and included precursors. We then compared treatments developed from the sets of differentiated analyses. IISCA-based treatments were effective in all applications; standard-based treatments were effective in half of the applications."
Recommended Citation
Slaton, Jessica, "Interview informed functional analyses : a comparison of synthesized and isolated variables" (2016). Doctoral Dissertations - College of Arts and Sciences. 55.
https://digitalcommons.law.wne.edu/casdissertations/55