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ArticleJournal of the experimental analysis of behavior2018

A laboratory model for evaluating relapse of undesirable caregiver behavior.

Daniel R Mitteer, Brian D Greer, Wayne W Fisher, Adam M Briggs, David P Wacker

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Article in Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel R MitteerUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Brian D GreerUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Wayne W FisherUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Adam M BriggsUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute.
David P WackerUniversity of Iowa.
Nebraska Medical Center · USUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center · USUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

Stimulus Control Refinements of Functional Communication Training in IDR01HD079113 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI FISHER, WAYNE WILLIAM · 2014 to 2023
$4.5M
Preventing relapse of destructive behavior using behavioral momentum theoryR01HD083214 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI FISHER, WAYNE WILLIAM · 2015 to 2019
$2.2M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD079113NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD083214
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The success of behavioral treatments like functional communication training depends on their continued implementation outside of the clinical context, where failures in caregiver treatment adherence can lead to the relapse of destructive behavior. In the present study, we developed a laboratory model for evaluating the relapse of undesirable caregiver behavior that simulates two common sources of disruption (i.e., changes in context and in treatment efficacy) believed to affect caregiver treatment adherence using simulated confederate destructive behavior. In Phase 1, the caregiver's delivery of reinforcers for destructive behavior terminated confederate destructive behavior in a home-like context. In Phase 2, the caregiver implemented functional communication training in a clinical context in which providing reinforcers for destructive or alternative behavior terminated confederate destructive behavior. In Phase 3, the caregiver returned to the home-like context, and caregiver behavior produced no effect on confederate destructive or alternative behavior, simulating an inconsolable child. Undesirable caregiver behavior relapsed in three of four treatment-adherence challenges.

Indexed as

Behavior TherapyProblem BehaviorAdultChildChild Behavior DisordersFemaleHumansMaleModels, PsychologicalParentingReinforcement, Psychologyparent trainingpersistenceprocedural integrityrelapserenewaltreatment adherence

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PMID30028009
PMCPMC6156987
OpenAlexW2884660122

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