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The effects of social punishment on noncompliance: a comparison with timeout and positive practice.

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Doleys, DM; Wells, KC; Hobbs, SA; Roberts, MW; Cartelli, LM

Published in: J Appl Behav Anal

The effects of social punishment, positive practice, and timeout on the noncompliant behavior of four mentally retarded children were assessed in a multitreatment withdrawal design. When programmed, the experimental procedure occurred contigent on non-compliance to experimenter-issued commands. Commands were given at 55-sec intervals throughout each experimental session. The results showed (1) lower levels of noncompliance with social punishment than with the positive-practice or timeout conditions, and (2) that relatively few applications of social punishment were required to obtain this effect. The advantages of social punishment over other punishment procedures, considerations to be made before using it, and the various aspects of the procedure that contribute to its effectiveness were discussed.

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Author Karen Cameron Wells Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychia ...

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J Appl Behav Anal

DOI

10.1901/jaba.1976.9-471

ISSN

0021-8855

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Start / End Page

471 / 482

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

Token Economy
Social Isolation
Schizophrenia, Childhood
Reinforcement, Social
Punishment
Patient Compliance
Male
Intellectual Disability
Humans
Female

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Doleys, D. M., Wells, K. C., Hobbs, S. A., Roberts, M. W., & Cartelli, L. M. (n.d.). The effects of social punishment on noncompliance: a comparison with timeout and positive practice. J Appl Behav Anal, 9(4), 471–482. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1976.9-471

Doleys, D. M., K. C. Wells, S. A. Hobbs, M. W. Roberts, and L. M. Cartelli. “The effects of social punishment on noncompliance: a comparison with timeout and positive practice.” J Appl Behav Anal 9, no. 4 (n.d.): 471–82. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1976.9-471.

Doleys DM, Wells KC, Hobbs SA, Roberts MW, Cartelli LM. The effects of social punishment on noncompliance: a comparison with timeout and positive practice. J Appl Behav Anal. 9(4):471–82.

Doleys, D. M., et al. “The effects of social punishment on noncompliance: a comparison with timeout and positive practice.” J Appl Behav Anal, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 471–82. Pubmed, doi:10.1901/jaba.1976.9-471.

Doleys DM, Wells KC, Hobbs SA, Roberts MW, Cartelli LM. The effects of social punishment on noncompliance: a comparison with timeout and positive practice. J Appl Behav Anal. 9(4):471–482.