Applied Behavioral Science: Recent submissions
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Increasing Student On-Task Behavior in a Juvenile Detention Day School Through the Use of a Token Procedure Implemented by Juvenile Correctional Officers
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Abstract Education is important for all children. This is especially true for students in detention facilities where they may receive less than optimal learning opportunities. Among many barriers to students in detention ... -
Increasing Staff Healthy Behavioral Practices in Programs for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
(University of Kansas, 2019-01-01)Problem behavior is common in adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD; Lowe et al., 2007). Some research has suggested that movement from institutions to community-based programs has resulted in ... -
Familiality of behavioral flexibility and response inhibition deficits in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
(BMC, 2019-12-12)Background Diminished cognitive control, including reduced behavioral flexibility and behavioral response inhibition, has been repeatedly documented in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We evaluated behavioral flexibility ... -
Static and dynamic postural control deficits in aging fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene premutation carriers
(BMC, 2019-01-21)Background Individuals with premutation alleles of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene are at risk of developing fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) during aging. Characterization of motor issues ... -
Developmental Effects on Auditory Neural Oscillatory Synchronization Abnormalities in Autism Spectrum Disorder
(Frontiers Media, 2019-07-25)Previous studies have found alterations in 40 Hz oscillatory activity in response to auditory stimuli in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The current study sought to examine the specificity and developmental ... -
Resting-State Brain Network Dysfunctions Associated With Visuomotor Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorder
(Frontiers Media, 2019-05-31)Background: Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show elevated levels of motor variability that are associated with clinical outcomes. Cortical–cerebellar networks involved in visuomotor control have been ... -
Tobacco and cannabis use in college students are predicted by sex‐dimorphic interactions between MAOA genotype and child abuse
(Wiley Open Access, 2018-06-27)Background Postsecondary students in Western countries exhibit a high prevalence of cannabis and tobacco use disorders. The etiology of these problems is contributed by several psychosocial factors, including childhood ... -
Together Helping Reduce Youth Violence for Equity (ThrYve): Examining the Development of a Comprehensive Multisectoral Approach to Youth Violence Prevention
(Wiley Online Library, 2020-08-31)Comprehensive approaches to youth violence prevention are needed to simultaneously address multiple risk factors across socioecological levels. ThrYve (Together Helping Reduce Youth Violence for Equity) is a collaborative ... -
Responsive Asthma Care for Teens (ReACT): Development protocol for an adaptive mobile health intervention for adolescents with asthma
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-08-20)Introduction Asthma is a leading cause of youth morbidity in the USA, affecting >8% of youth. Adherence to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) can prevent asthma-related morbidity; however, the typical adolescent with asthma ... -
A Comparison of Interteaching and the Learning Pathway in a Community Health Undergraduate Course
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Interteaching (IT) is a teaching method based on behavior analytic techniques that uses paired discussion and student-informed clarifying lectures to teach course objectives. A number of studies suggest that IT is more ... -
A Comparison of Isolated and Synthesized Contingencies in Functional Analyses
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)In a series of recent studies, Hanley and colleagues have evaluated the efficacy of an FA methodology termed the Interview Informed Synthesized Contingency Analyses (IISCA; Hanley, Jin, Vanselow, & Hanratty, 2014), which ... -
An Evaluation of Synchronous Reinforcement for Increasing On-task Behavior in Preschool Children
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Schedules of covariation are those in which changes in a specific response class (e.g., rate, intensity, or duration of behavior) produce corresponding changes in a reinforcer (e.g., rate, intensity, or duration; Williams ... -
Behavioral Economic Measurement of Cigarette Demand: A Descriptive Review of Published Approaches to the Cigarette Purchase Task
(American Psychological Association, 2020)The cigarette purchase task (CPT) is a behavioral economic method for assessing demand for cigarettes. Growing interest in behavioral correlates of tobacco use in clinical and general populations as well as empirical efforts ... -
Evaluation of a Computer-Based Version of Child Planned Activities Training
(University of Kansas, 2019-01-01)Challenges to implementation, such as engagement in intervention activities and maintaining implementation fidelity, exist within traditional delivery systems of evidenced-based parenting programs that can impact either ... -
Response to reduced nicotine content cigarettes among smokers differing in tobacco dependence severity
(Elsevier, 2018-12-01)This study examines whether tobacco dependence severity moderates the acute effects of reducing nicotine content in cigarettes on the addiction potential of smoking, craving/withdrawal, or smoking topography. Participants ... -
Developing a Durable Intervention: Teaching Members of a Student Cooperative to Chair Meetings
(University of Kansas, 1985-05-31)The purpose of this study was to evaluate procedures for teaching members of a student cooperative to run meetings with little or no assistance from the Experimenter. Experiment 1 evaluated the performance of seven meeting ... -
Toward Efficient Toilet Training of Young Children in Early Childcare Programs
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)Young children between the ages of 18-30 months begin to have the skills necessary to begin the process of toilet training (U.S Department of Health and Human Services, 2006). However, delayed toilet training of typically ... -
Cooperation and Productivity in a Simulated Small Group Work Task
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)In the present experiments, I evaluated effects of antecedent- and consequent-based manipulations on cooperation and productivity in a novel group work task. Participants worked in three-person teams on a computer-based ... -
An Evaluation of a Community Life Skills Program for Adolescents in Foster Care
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)Research indicates that adolescents who spent time in the foster care system are ill-prepared for independent living at the age of 18 and often experience negative outcomes due to this. The ability to live independently, ... -
Comparing Force and Ratio Progressions from the Behavioral Economic Unit Price Equation
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)In behavioral economic demand, the currently predominant conceptualization of unit price suggests that increasing lever weight or ratio requirement should result in equal changes in unit price and thus identical changes ...