Document Type
Dissertation
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Dissertation Defense Date
22-8-2024
Advisor(s)
Bourret, Jason
Committee Member(s)
Thompson, R; Roscoe, E; Peck, Sara; Bourret, Jason
Abstract
Abstract
Competing stimulus assessments (CSAs) are used as pretreatment assessments to identify stimuli that, when made freely available, reduce problem behavior. Although CSAs have demonstrated broad utility across various topographies and classes of problem behavior, the extent to which improvements noted during the CSA persist over time is unknown. We conducted initial CSAs and long-term analyses for participants with automatically maintained problem behavior. High-competition stimuli were identified during the initial CSA for all participants. When the effects of leisure stimuli were evaluated over the course of 12 weeks, the outcomes remained relatively unchanged for four of the six participants. These findings suggest that stimuli identified via a CSA are likely to retain their efficacy over time, particularly for individuals who do not require modifications to identify competing stimuli.
Recommended Citation
Pogosjana, Meline, "Long-term Analysis of Competing Stimuli in the Treatment of Automatically Maintained Problem Behavior" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations. 1.
https://digitalcommons.law.wne.edu/dissertations/1
