Limitations of functional analysis: The case for including valued outcomes analysis in the investigation of difficult behaviour

Behaviour Change

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 250-259

  Bitsika, Vicki ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34247871528     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.23.4.250     Document Type: Article

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