Applied Behavioral Science: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Temporal Attention, the Sunk Cost Effect, and Delay Discounting
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)The sunk cost effect, known as the degree to which an initial investment of time, effort, or money increases the likelihood of continued investment, and delay discounting, defined as how rapidly the subjective value of a ... -
Effects of Conditioning Procedures on Vocalizations of Children with Minimal or Emerging Echoic Repertoire
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)Researchers have utilized conditioning procedures to establish neutral stimuli as conditioned reinforcers for decades (e.g., Greer, Pistoljevic, Cahill, & Du, 2011; Lovaas et al., 1966; Dorow, 1980). More recently, researchers ... -
An Analysis of a Comprehensive and Collaborative Truancy Prevention and Diversion Program
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)Education is fundamental for the development of skills required for academic and social success. When students fail to attend school regularly, adverse consequences result at the individual, school, and societal level. ... -
Delay of Gratification in Preschool Children Following Access to Print and Mobile Electronic Media
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Mobile electronic media is ever-present in the lives of young children and an examination of the behavioral byproducts following the use of these modalities is timely. The present study assessed the extent to which mobile ... -
EFFECTS OF SELF-MANAGEMENT USING FITBIT® TO INCREASE STEPS TAKEN BY ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) often have health concerns (e.g., obesity). Research suggests that one way to remedy these health concerns is to increase physical activity. Self-management is ... -
Examining Explanatory Inputs and Community System Change Intensity
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)This investigation into behavioral science of community health systems improvement is the result of a concern about the observed discrepancy between what is planned and what is actually accomplished in community. Differences ... -
Development and Evaluation of an Evidence-Based Advocacy Training Package for People with Disabilities
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Self-advocacy skills are critical to people with disabilities because millions still face discrimination and barriers in their daily lives. Advocacy skills can help empower people with disabilities to speak up when they ...
