Applied behavior analysis: understanding and changing behavior in the community-a representative review.
Applied behavior analysis, a psychological discipline, has been characterized as the science of behavior change (Chance, 2006). Research in applied behavior analysis has been published for approximately 40 years since the initial publication of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis in 1968. The field now encompasses a wide range of human behavior. Although much of the published research centers on problem behaviors that occur in schools and among people with disabilities, a substantial body of knowledge has emerged in community settings. This article provides a review of the behavioral community research published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis as representative of this work, including research in the areas of home and family, health, safety, community involvement and the environment, recreation and sports, crime and delinquency, and organizations. In the interest of space, research in schools and with people with disabilities has been excluded from this review.
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Paul D
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Department of Psychology, State University of New York College at Cortland, Cortland, New York, NY 13045, USA. luybenp@cortland.edu
D001521:Behavior Therapy; D035841:Behavioral Research; D003415:Crime; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D008297:Male; D011998:Recreation; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012449:Safety