The efficacy of noncontingent escape for decreasing children's disruptive behavior during restorative dental treatment

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-171

  O'Callaghan, Patrick M ^a   Allen, Keith D ^a,b   Powell, Shawn ^a   Salama, Fouad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental visits; Disruptive behavior; Escape; Noncontingent reinforcement

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COOPERATION; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTISTRY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; ESCAPE REACTION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748930280     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2006.79-05     Document Type: Article

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