BALANCING SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY WITH TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INTRUSIVE PROCEDURE: A CASE REPORT

Nancy C. Grace; Sung Woo Kahng; Wayne W. Fisher

doi:10.1901/jaba.1994.27-171

BALANCING SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY WITH TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INTRUSIVE PROCEDURE: A CASE REPORT

Nancy C. Grace, Sung Woo Kahng, Wayne W. Fisher

Kennedy Krieger Institute

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The debate over social acceptability of intrusive procedures has led some school districts to adopt policies allowing punishment for only the most extreme forms of destructive behavior. We investigated the effectiveness of selectively implementing punishment for only the most severe topographies of aggression and property destruction, while less extreme behaviors were ignored. Results indicated that severe behaviors were reduced to near‐zero levels only when both severe and less severe behaviors were similarly punished. 1994 Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	171-172
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of applied behavior analysis
Volume	27
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1994.27-171
State	Published - 1994

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behavior severity
punishment
school policy
treatment acceptability

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Philosophy
Applied Psychology
Sociology and Political Science

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