ArticleJournal of applied behavior analysis2020
A translational evaluation of potential iatrogenic effects of single and combined contingencies during functional analysis.
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- Prevalence of Error Types of Synthesized Contingency Assessments.Behavior analysis (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Functional Analysis Decision-Making Considerations.Behavior analysis in practice · 2025Review
- Countercontrol and Associated Challenges in Residential Treatment.Perspectives on behavior science · 2025Article
- On the Evidence for Interactive Effects During and Following Synthesized Contingency Assessments.Behavioral interventions : theory & practice in residential & community-based clinical programs · 2025Article
- A comparative effectiveness trial of functional behavioral assessment methods.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2024Article
- Multiple Isolated Functions of Problematic Behavior: A Case Study.Behavior analysis in practice · 2023Article
- Evaluating Preference for Functional and Nonfunctional Stimuli in the Treatment of Destructive Behavior.Behavior analysis in practice · 2023Article
- Conducting Translational Research in the Context of Patient Care.Perspectives on behavior science · 2022Article
- Efficiency in functional analysis of problem behavior: A quantitative and qualitative review.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2020Review
- A component analysis of evocative and reinforcing variables influencing challenging behavior.Journal of applied behavior analysisArticle
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Recent research suggests that combining putative reinforcers for problem behavior into a single, synthesized contingency may increase efficiency in identifying behavioral function relative to traditional functional analysis (FA). Other research suggests potential shortcomings of synthesized contingency analysis (SCA), such as the potential for false-positive outcomes. In prior comparisons of traditional FAs and SCAs, investigators could not ascertain with certainty the true function(s) of the participants' problem behavior for use as the criterion variable. We conducted a translational study to circumvent this limitation by training a specific function for a surrogate destructive behavior prior to conducting a traditional FA and SCA. The traditional FA correctly identified the previously established function of the target response in all six cases and produced no iatrogenic effects. The SCA produced differentiated results in all cases and iatrogenic effects (i.e., an additional function) in three of six cases. We discuss these findings in terms of the mechanisms that may promote iatrogenic effects.
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