title: Assessing the acceptability of behavioral treatments to persons with mental retardation.
abstract: Individuals with mild to moderate mental retardation living in community residential settings (Experiment 1) or an institutional setting (Experiment 2) rated the acceptability of differential reinforcement and time-out applied to a mild and a severe behavior problem. Using analogue methodology similar to previous treatment acceptability studies (e.g., Miltenberger, Lennox, & Erfanian, 1989; Tarnowski, Rasnake, Mulicke, & Kelly, 1989), and a simplified rating scale developed for persons with mental retardation, community-based subjects rated differential reinforcement as more acceptable than time-out for the mild problem, whereas institutionalized subjects rated time-out as more acceptable than differential reinforcement when applied to the severe problem. These results were discussed and future research suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58105.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Miltenberger
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Suda
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Lennox
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Lindeman
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000523:psychology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012931:Social Environment