Generalization in a child's oppositional behavior across home and school settings

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-51

  Wahler, Robert G ^a   Vigilante, Vanessa Ann ^a   Strand, Paul S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral contrast; Generalization; Mother child interactions; Oppositional behavior; Reinforcement; Teacher child interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442458868     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2004.37-43     Document Type: Article

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