The effects of preference assessment type on problem behavior

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2017

Abstract

Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who engage in problem behavior maintained by access to tangibles may exhibit more problem behavior during certain preference assessments. We compared three common preference assessments to determine which resulted in fewer problem behaviors. The paired stimulus and multiple-stimulus without replacement assessments produced higher rates of problem behavior than the free operant (FO) assessment, suggesting that the FO assessment may be the most appropriate assessment for individuals who engage in problem behavior maintained by access to tangibles.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of applied behavior analysis

First Page

861

Last Page

866

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