The Integrity of Independent Variables in Behavior Analysis

Peterson, Lizette; Homer, Andrew L.; Wonderlich, Stephen A.

doi:10.1901/jaba.1982.15-477

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“…'), that were interposed with other questions not directly related to treatment compliance. These methods served as checks on treatment integrity (Peterson et al, 1982).…”

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A novel soy-based meal replacement formula for weight loss among obese individuals: a randomized controlled clinical trial

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Objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of a low calorie soy-based meal replacement program for the treatment of obesity. Design: A 12-week prospective randomized controlled clinical trial. Setting: Outpatient weight control research unit. Subjects: One hundred obese (28 < BMI 41 kg=m 2 ) volunteers between the ages of 35 and 65 y. Seventy-four participants completed the trial. Intervention: Participants were randomized to either the meal replacement treatment group (n ¼ 50; 240 g=day, 1200 kcal= day) or control group (n ¼ 50). Both groups at baseline received a single dietary counseling session and a pamphlet describing weight loss practices. Main outcome measures: Weight, body fat, serum lipid concentrations. Results: By intent-to-treat analysis, the treatment group lost significantly more weight than the control group (7.00 vs 2.90 kg; P < 0.001) and had a greater change in total (22.5 vs 6.8 mg=dl; P ¼ 0.013) and LDL cholesterol (21.2 vs 7.1 mg=dl; P < 0.009). Among completers only, the treatment group again lost more weight (7.1 kg; n ¼ 37 vs 2.9 kg; n ¼ 37; P ¼ 0.0001) and had a greater reduction in total cholesterol (26.1 mg=dl; n ¼ 37 vs 6.7 mg=dl; P ¼ 0.0012) and a greater change in LDL cholesterol (21.6 vs 5.5 mg=dl; P ¼ 0.0025). (For any given degree of weight loss, the reduction in LDL cholesterol was significantly greater in the treatment group.) Treatment was well tolerated and no serious side effects were detected. Conclusions: Use of this soy-based meal replacement formula was effective in lowering body weight, fat mass and in reducing LDL cholesterol beyond what could be expected given the weight lost.

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“…'), that were interposed with other questions not directly related to treatment compliance. These methods served as checks on treatment integrity (Peterson et al, 1982).…”

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A novel soy-based meal replacement formula for weight loss among obese individuals: a randomized controlled clinical trial

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“…Peter Pipkin et al 2010;Vollmer et al 2008). The term treatment integrity describes the precision with which interventions are implemented (e.g., Peterson et al 1982). Treatment integrity is a measure of the correspondence between a behavior-change plan and the execution of that plan.…”

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“…Divergence from a treatment plan, whether intentional or not, may cause harm. Second, ensuring that treatments are implemented as described decreases the possibility of false-negative treatment outcomes (e.g., Hagermoser Sanetti and Fallon 2011; Peterson et al 1982;Vollmer et al 2008). Low treatment integrity may lead to erroneous conclusions about the effectiveness of a treatment.…”

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Global Measures of Treatment Integrity May Mask Important Errors in Discrete-Trial Training

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“…For instance, assessments of social validity include not only the social importance of the behavior (i.e., the applied dimension) and the social significance of its effects (i.e., the effective dimension), but now also the social appropriateness of behavioral applications (Wolf, 1978). In addition, the behavioral dimension now often includes interobserver agreement on independent variables in what is called treatment integrity (see L. Peterson, Homer, & Wonderlich, 1982).…”

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A study in the founding of applied behavior analysis through its publications

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This article reports a study of the founding of applied behavior analysis through its publications. Our methods included hand searches of sources (e.g., journals, reference lists), search terms (i.e., early, applied, behavioral, research, literature), inclusion criteria (e.g., the field's applied dimension), and (d) challenges to their face and content validity. Our results were 36 articles published between 1959 and 1967 that we organized into 4 groups: 12 in 3 programs of research and 24 others. Our discussion addresses (a) limitations in our method (e.g., the completeness of our search), (b) challenges to the validity of our methods and results (e.g., convergent validity), and (c) priority claims about the field's founding. We conclude that the claims are irresolvable because identification of the founding publications depends significantly on methods and because the field's founding was an evolutionary process. We close with suggestions for future research.

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The Integrity of Independent Variables in Behavior Analysis

Cited by 391 publications

References 47 publications

A novel soy-based meal replacement formula for weight loss among obese individuals: a randomized controlled clinical trial

A novel soy-based meal replacement formula for weight loss among obese individuals: a randomized controlled clinical trial

Global Measures of Treatment Integrity May Mask Important Errors in Discrete-Trial Training

A study in the founding of applied behavior analysis through its publications

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