Efficacy of behavioral interventions for reducing problem behavior in persons with autism: An updated quantitative synthesis of single-subject research

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2463-2476

  Heyvaert, Mieke ^a,b   Saenen, Lore ^a   Campbell, Jonathan M ^c   Maes, Bea ^a   Onghena, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenging behavior; Intellectual disability; Meta analysis; Problem behavior; Review; Single case

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTECEDENT CONTROL; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EFFECT SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXTERNALIZED PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNALIZED PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; MEAN BASELINE REDUCTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; MINDFULNESS; PERCENTAGE OF ALL NONOVERLAPPING DATA; PERCENTAGE OF DATAPOINT SUCCEEDING THE MEDIAN OF BASELINE PHASE; PERCENTAGE OF NONOVERLAPPING DATA; PERCENTAGE OF ZERO DATA; PICTURE EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PUNISHMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SINGLE SUBJECT EXPERIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTYPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AUTISTIC DISORDER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903514384     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.06.017     Document Type: Review

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