Behavioral assessment of problem behaviors in elderly residents of a personal care home
| dc.contributor.author | Piotrowski, Andrea Suzanne | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-06-01T19:24:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-06-01T19:24:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2000-02-01T00:00:00Z | en_US |
| dc.degree.discipline | Psychology | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Brief functional analysis procedures (Phases 1-3) were conducted to identify the controlling variables of different problem behaviors in 3 elderly residents in a personal care home. Hypotheses generated from results obtained in Phase 1 (i.e., structured interview and descriptive analysis) were compared with those from Phase 3 (i.e., brief functional analysis) to determine if they identified the same controlling variables. Data for descriptive and functional analyses were graphed and analyzed via visual inspection. Results indicated that Phase 1 identified more controlling variables than Phase 3. Hypotheses formed from descriptive and functional analyses were similar, but functional analysis narrowed the controlling variables for the problem behavior. A brief functional analysis appeared sufficient in determining controlling variables of the problem behaviors. The interview identified some, but not all controlling variables identified in descriptive and functional analyses. | en_US |
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| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/2407 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.title | Behavioral assessment of problem behaviors in elderly residents of a personal care home | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |