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THE EFFECTS OF MOTIVATING OPERATIONS ON AUTOMATICALLY MAINTAINED CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR

Chung, Yi-Chieh

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2009, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, ED Physical Activities and Educational Services.
The current study examined the effects of four different pre-session conditions (i.e., motivating operations) on decreasing challenging behavior in four participants with developmental disabilities. There were three phases in this study. The first phase, a functional analysis, was used to confirm that each participant’s target behavior was automatically maintained. The second phase was used to determine which pre-session condition (i.e., no-interaction, attention, response blocking, or attention plus response blocking) would lead to the lowest levels of automatically maintained behavior in subsequent no-interaction sessions of a functional analysis. The third phase was used to examine whether 10 min and 5 min periods of pre-session conditions produced effects similar to the 15 min pre-session conditions during the second phase. Results from the functional analyses suggested that all participants’ target behaviors were automatically maintained. Results from Phase 2 found that the most effective pre-session condition no-interaction for 2 participants, response blocking for 1 participant, and attention plus response blocking for the remaining participant. The results of phase 3 showed that for 3 of the 4 participants, 10 minute and 5 minute periods of pre-session conditions produced effects similar to the 15 min pre-session conditions.
Helen Malone (Advisor)
Nancy Neef (Committee Member)
Sheila Morgan (Committee Member)
Shahrukh Irani (Committee Member)
147 p.

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  • Chung, Y.-C. (2009). THE EFFECTS OF MOTIVATING OPERATIONS ON AUTOMATICALLY MAINTAINED CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250393811

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Chung, Yi-Chieh. THE EFFECTS OF MOTIVATING OPERATIONS ON AUTOMATICALLY MAINTAINED CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR. 2009. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250393811.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Chung, Yi-Chieh. "THE EFFECTS OF MOTIVATING OPERATIONS ON AUTOMATICALLY MAINTAINED CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250393811

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)