A validity study on the questions about behavioral function (QABF) scale: Predicting treatment success for self-injury, aggression, and stereotypies
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1999
Abstract
We investigated the validity of the Questions About Behavioral Function (QABF), a checklist designed to assess antecedent behavior, using a sample of 398 persons with mental retardation and a targeted maladaptive behavior of self-injurious behavior, aggression, or stereotypies. The QABF was used successfully to derive clear behavioral functions for most individuals (84%) across all three target behaviors. Further, subjects with treatments developed from functional assessment (QABF results) improved significantly when compared to controls receiving standard treatments not based on functional analysis. Implications of the present findings for assessing and treating maladaptive behaviors are discussed.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Research in Developmental Disabilities
First Page
163
Last Page
175
Recommended Citation
Matson, J., Bamburg, J., Cherry, K., & Paclawskyj, T. (1999). A validity study on the questions about behavioral function (QABF) scale: Predicting treatment success for self-injury, aggression, and stereotypies. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 20 (2), 163-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0891-4222(98)00039-0