An evaluation and comparison of time-out procedures with and without release contingencies.
A common recommendation for implementing time-out procedures is to include a release contingency such that the individual is not allowed to leave time-out until no problem behavior has occurred for a specific amount of time (e.g, 30 s). We compared a fixed-duration time-out procedure to a release contingency time-out procedure with 4 young children (3- and 4-year-olds) using a reversal and multielement design. Results demonstrated that both time-out procedures were effective at reducing problem behavior outside time-out, problem behavior occurred in time-out during both procedures, and problem behavior in time-out was not predictive of problem behavior outside time-out.
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA. vollmera@ufl.edu
Jeanne M
JM
Donaldson
Timothy R
TR
Vollmer
D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male