| Title: |
Prevalence of relapse of automatically maintained behavior resulting from context changes |
| Authors: |
Muething, Colin; Call, Nathan; Ritchey, Carolyn M.; Pavlov, Alexis; Bernstein, Alec M.; Podlesnik, Christopher A. |
| Source: |
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis ; volume 55, issue 1, page 138-153 ; ISSN 0021-8855 1938-3703 |
| Publisher Information: |
Wiley |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
Wiley Online Library (Open Access Articles via Crossref) |
| Description: |
Increases in behavior due to context changes are common and are known as instances of renewal. Clinically relevant examples from the literature highlighting renewal often include socially mediated problem behaviors. This report retrospectively analyzed data during context changes for individuals who engaged in problem behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement, to evaluate the prevalence of relapse. Problem behavior reemerged during changes both in the person implementing treatment (e.g., introducing a caregiver; 36%) and in the setting (e.g., introducing treatment in the home; 26%). Most prevalence studies report greatest relapse immediately following context changes but the highest level of relapse was observed after 5 sessions following person changes and no systematic pattern with setting changes. These patterns of relapse likely reflect differences in the function of settings and people relative to automatically reinforced behavior in the present study. Implications of relapse for treatments of problem behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement are discussed. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1002/jaba.887 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.887; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jaba.887; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/jaba.887 |
| Rights: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.6985264 |
| Database: |
BASE |