Behavior therapy in practice: A national survey of behavior therapists

Swan, Gary E.; MacDonald, Marian L.

doi:10.1016/s0005-7894(78)80010-0

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“…The behavioral interview pro cedure frequently is used to obtain a functional assess ment of problem behavior (Haynes & Jensen, 1979;Swan & McDonald, 1978). It is designed to obtain the informant's (teacher, staff, or parent) report of a partic ular behavior and its related variables (Bergan, 1977;Cone, 1987;O'Leary & Wilson, 1986).…”

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Conducting a Functional Assessment of Problem Behavior in Applied Settings

Lennox

Miltenberger

1989

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

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Researchers have recently called for a greater empha sis on the use of functional assessment procedures in the selection of treatment strategies for problem behavior in persons with mental retardation. In applied settings there are several methods available for conducting a functional assessment. This article identifies and de scribes three methods that have been used in applied behavior analysis research: informant assessment (e.g., behavioral interviews, rating scales, and questionnaires), direct observation assessment, and experimental analy sis. Although experimental analysis provides the most conclusive information regarding controlling variables for a behavior problem, less rigorous methods of assess ment also yield important information with which to select and evaluate treatment strategies. This article reviews the strengths and weaknesses of each functional assessment method and provides a case example to illustrate the use of the various assessment procedures.DESCRIPTORS: applied behavior analysis, behav ioral assessment, behavior management, excess behav ior, functional analysis, functional assessment, inter viewing, A-B-C assessmentThe treatment of problem behavior in children and adults with mental retardation has received considera ble attention over the last 20 years. There is an abun dance of treatment research available for practitioners to consider when making treatment decisions (e.g.

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Conducting a Functional Assessment of Problem Behavior in Applied Settings

Lennox

Miltenberger

1989

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

110

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“…For example, in a national survey of behavior therapists. Swan and McDonald (1978) found that 57% of the sample used relationship enhancement methods in treatment. The most frequently employed set of techniques in practice were such enhancement methods as increasing therapist-client similarity, use of empathy, verbal reinforcement, structuring, and increasing positive expectancies (Swan, 1979).…”

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Influence of group cohesion on the behavioral treatment of smoking.

Etringer¹,

Gregory²,

Lando³

1984

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Systematic assessments of the influence of interpersonal relationship variables on outcome are lacking in investigations of smoking treatments. The present study undertook an investigation of the influence of group cohesiveness on two multicomponent behavioral treatments of smoking. Subjects (41 women and 31 men) were randomly assigned to treatment according to a 2 (enriched vs. standard cohesiveness) X 2 (satiation vs. nicotine fading) factorial design. Enriched cohesiveness subjects not only scored higher on several indexes of cohesion but tended to be more successful over a short term in modifying their smoking behavior.

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“…However, conclusions regarding the status of a field should be based on practice as well as on research, since there is usually a marked discrepancy between the two. To illustrate, Swan and MacDonald's (1978) survey of practitioners in the USA yielded a significant and "disturbing" disparity between behaviour therapy as operationalized in research and as implemented in practice (p. 806). Surveys concerned with the relationship between research and practice have repeatedly found there to be little reported impact (e.g.…”

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“…The broad aim of the present survey, therefore, was to clarify whether the predicted gap between research and practice held true amongst UK practitioners in the 1990s. Specific questions mirrored as far as possible those addressed in the related literature review (Milne and Ridley, 1994) and survey (Swan and MacDonald, 1978). However, the present survey added items on research and teaching, in order to obtain a more comprehensive account of current practice in behavioural psychotherapy.…”

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Behavioural Psychotherapists in Practice: A Survey of UK Practitioners

Milne

1994

Behav. Cogn. Psychother.

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A questionnaire survey of a random sample of the members of the BABP (N = 191) served to clarify the relationship between research and practice in behavioural psychotherapy in the UK. The predicted gap between research and practice was only obtained in one of eight targeted areas, i.e. training. Overall, this indicated that behavioural practitioners were conforming to the standards set out in behavioural research. However, as the research standards were not challenging, it is argued that theory provides a better benchmark against which to judge practice. This leads to the view that considerable progress remains to be made, particularly in terms of becoming more environmental in the formulation and treatment of problems, and in becoming more objective and systematic in measuring such problems. Developments in the analysis of practitioner behaviour should, it is suggested, form the basis of more effective training and contingency management, in relation to behavioural practice.

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Behavior therapy in practice: A national survey of behavior therapists

Cited by 50 publications

References 7 publications

Conducting a Functional Assessment of Problem Behavior in Applied Settings

Conducting a Functional Assessment of Problem Behavior in Applied Settings

Influence of group cohesion on the behavioral treatment of smoking.

Behavioural Psychotherapists in Practice: A Survey of UK Practitioners

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