title: Reactivity of self-monitoring procedures with retarded adolescents.
abstract: The reactivity of self-monitoring procedures with retarded adolescents was investigated using single-case designs. The effects of two variables, social reinforcement and feedback, on the degree of reactivity were also examined. Both subjects monitored a socially undesirable behavior and were asked to self-record for extended periods of time with minimal cues from the environment. The results indicated that self-monitoring produced reactive decreases in the target behavior. Reinforcement had a differential effect across subjects, further altering the target behavior for only one subject. Feedback decreased the behavior for the second subject. The subjects' accuracy in self-recording was quite low.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003463:Cues; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D012056:Reinforcement, Social; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000523:psychology; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior