title: Judgments of restrictiveness, social acceptability, and usage: review of research on procedures to decrease behavior.
abstract: Research on professionals', consumers', and others' judgments of the restrictiveness, social acceptability, and estimated frequency of use of procedures to decrease behavior was reviewed. General findings were that (a) respondents generally were consistent in rating procedures from least to most restrictive; (b) most respondents agreed that procedures judged more restrictive should be used as a last resort; (c) more restrictive procedures were not frequently used in practice; (d) respondents generally agreed that less restrictive procedures were more socially acceptable, and vice versa; and (e) the social acceptability of procedures changed as a function of contextual variables Problems related to research methodology were discussed and future research directions suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Special Education, Utah State University, Logan 84322-6500.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Morgan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001348:Aversive Therapy; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D011678:Punishment