Functional analysis and treatment of the bizarre speech of dually diagnosed adults.
Nine behavior-analytic studies, each reporting data for a single participant, have shown that bizarre speech can be maintained by social reinforcement. In the current study, we controlled for a possible referral bias in this literature by including nonreferred participants with dual diagnoses. Functional analyses identified attention functions for 2 participants and nonsocial functions for the others. Noncontingent reinforcement decreased the bizarre speech of both participants who displayed attention-maintained bizarre speech.
Lancaster
Blake M
BM
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008, USA.
LeBlanc
Linda A
LA
Carr
James E
JE
Brenske
Shasta
S
Peet
Mary M
MM
Culver
Steven J
SJ
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications*; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy