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dc.contributor.advisorMiller, L. Keith
dc.contributor.authorSavage, Kristyn Echterling
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-03T15:06:23Z
dc.date.available2012-06-03T15:06:23Z
dc.date.issued2011-12-31
dc.date.submitted2011
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11907
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/9765
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to examine the effects of consumer management procedures on dog owner treatment integrity. A within subjects comparison was made. The primary dependent variable was treatment integrity. Errors were analyzed as either omission or commission. Secondarily, dog aggression and precursors to aggression were measured. Lastly, owners and experts rated goals, procedures, and effects to assess acceptability. Owners were trained with consumer management procedures to use classical counterconditioning (CC) which reduces aggression in dogs. Consumer management procedures included verbal instruction, modeling, and performance feedback. Performance feedback was delivered in the form of praise for correct implementation, corrective feedback, and sharing process and outcome data. The intervention was divided into two main phases: instruction and generalization programming. Instruction targeted a relatively simple context for owners. During instruction treatment integrity was targeted with verbal instruction, modeling, and performance feedback. During generalization programming the integrity with which owners implement CC in more complex contexts was targeted with performance feedback. The intervention was effective during both phases with the result of increased treatment integrity. Secondarily, there was a dramatic decrease in aggression and a minor decrease in precursor behavior. Lastly, goals, procedures and effects were rated as highly acceptable by owners and experts. Implications for use are discussed.
dc.format.extent151 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subjectBehavioral sciences
dc.subjectAggression
dc.subjectClassical conditioning
dc.subjectDog
dc.subjectGeneralization
dc.subjectTreatment integrity
dc.titleThe Effects of a Multicomponent Intervention on Treatment Integrity of Counterconditioning for Aggression in Dogs
dc.typeDissertation
dc.contributor.cmtememberDiGennaro Reed, Florence
dc.contributor.cmtememberHarrington, Robert G.
dc.contributor.cmtememberWatson-Thompson, Jomella
dc.contributor.cmtememberWhite, Glen W.
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineApplied Behavioral Science
dc.thesis.degreeLevelPh.D.
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid7643210
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