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An Empirical Investigation of Time-Out with and without Escape Extinction to Treat Escape-Maintained Noncompliance
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Everett, Gregory E.; Olmi, D. Joe; Edwards, Ron P.; Tingstrom, Daniel H.; Sterling-Turner, Heather E.; Christ, Theodore J. – Behavior Modification, 2007
The present study evaluates the effectiveness of two time-out (TO) procedures in reducing escape-maintained noncompliance of 4 children. Noncompliant behavioral function was established via a functional assessment (FA), including indirect and direct descriptive procedures and brief confirmatory experimental analyses. Following FA, parents were…
Descriptors: Timeout, Negative Reinforcement, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems
Origins of Antisocial Behavior: Negative Reinforcement and Affect Dysregulation of Behavior as Socialization Mechanisms in Family Interaction.
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Snyder, James; Schrepferman, Lynn; St. Peter, Carolyn – Behavior Modification, 1997
Explores how theories concerning socialization mechanisms may be operationalized and tested. Provides a preliminary test of this strategy using 57 boys being treated for conduct problems. Results indicate that the role of both negative reinforcement and affect dysregulation play a part in the development of a child's antisocial behavior. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior