A preliminary analysis of self-control with aversive events: The effects of task magnitude and delay on the choices of children with autism

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-232

  Lerman, Dorothea C ^a,c   Addison, Laura R ^b   Kodak, Tiffany ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversive events; Self control; Task delay; Task magnitude

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CONTROL; TIME;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748947905     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2006.90-05     Document Type: Article

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