Identifier
etd-05022010-214403
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
Response blocking and response interruption are common interventions for problem behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement in the treatment literature, but these interventions may be extremely challenging for caregivers to implement with fidelity (i.e., immediately blocking each instance). We evaluated the effects of challenges to the procedural integrity of response blocking and interruption procedures upon the maintenance of treatment effects for problem behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement for two young men by measuring aberrant behavior under several conditions including a baseline condition, an immediate response blocking or interruption condition, and delayed response blocking or interruption conditions (e.g., 3-s, 15-s, and 30-s delays). The results indicated that even brief delays to implementing blocking and interruption severely compromised treatment efficacy.
Date
2010
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
Kliebert, Megan Leigh, "Effects of delays to response blocking when used as treatment for problem behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement" (2010). LSU Master's Theses. 3445.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/3445
Committee Chair
Tiger, Jeffrey H.
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.3445