title: Abolishing and establishing operation analyses of social attention as positive reinforcement for problem behavior.
abstract: Three participants whose problem behavior was maintained by contingent attention were exposed to 45-min presessions in which attention was withheld, provided on a fixed-time (FT) 15-s schedule, or provided on an FT 120-s schedule. Following each presession, participants were then tested in a 15-min session similar to the social attention condition of an analogue functional analysis. The results showed establishing operation conditions increased problem behavior during tests and that abolishing operation conditions decreased problem behavior during tests.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA.
authors.forename: Molly A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McGinnis
authors.forename: Nealetta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Houchins-Juárez
authors.forename: Jill L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: McDaniel
authors.forename: Craig H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology
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