The influence of activity choice on problem behaviors maintained by escape versus attention

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-362

  Romaniuk, Cathryn ^b   Miltenberger, Raymond G ^a   Conyers, Carole ^b   Jenner, Nicole ^b   Jurgens, Mandy ^b   Ringenberg, Crystal ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Choice; Functional analysis; Problem behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE REACTION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0037504265     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2002.35-349     Document Type: Article

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