Operational specificity: implications for field-based replications.
This paper discusses problems with field-based replications of behavioral interventions. Major issues identified include operational specificity, mislabelling of procedures, relative contributions of components in multi-faceted treatment packages, and impediments to systematic replication. The paper concludes with a call for increased operational specificity in the reporting of both baseline and intervention procedures on the part of researchers and clinicians responsible for dissemination.
D000293:Adolescent; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005108:Extinction, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D010056:Overlearning; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011678:Punishment; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior; D009626:Terminology as Topic