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Case Reports
. 2009 Winter;42(4):773-83.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-773.

A systematic examination of different parameters of presession exposure to tangible stimuli that maintain problem behavior

Mark O'Reilly  1 , Russell Lang, Tonya Davis, Mandy Rispoli, Wendy Machalicek, Jeff Sigafoos, Giulio Lancioni, Robert Didden
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A systematic examination of different parameters of presession exposure to tangible stimuli that maintain problem behavior

Mark O'Reilly et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 2009 Winter.

Abstract

We examined the effects of three different presession conditions on tangibly maintained problem behavior for 2 students with autism, using individual-participant multielement designs. First, an analogue functional analysis demonstrated that problem behavior was maintained by access to tangible items. Next, topographies of item rejection were identified. Finally, students were exposed to (a) brief access, (b) no access, and (c) satiation to the tangible items prior to tangible sessions. The results demonstrated high levels of problem behavior following the brief-access and no-access presession conditions and low levels of problem behavior following the satiation condition. The findings are discussed in the context of how satiation might best be defined for these sorts of evaluations.

Keywords: deprivation; functional analysis; motivating operations; problem behavior; satiation.

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Figure 1
Percentage of intervals with problem behavior during attention, demand, tangible, and play conditions for Rusty (top) and Terry (bottom).
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Figure 2
Percentage of intervals with item rejection with high- and low-preference items for Rusty (top) and Terry (bottom).
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Figure 3
Percentage of intervals with problem behavior during the tangible condition following no-access, brief-access, and satiation conditions for Rusty (top) and Terry (bottom).
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