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Using neutralizing routines to reduce problem behaviors

R H Horner1, H M Day, J R Day

  • 1Specialized Training Program, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403-1235, USA.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|January 1, 1997
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Establishing operations (EOs) can increase problem behaviors. Neutralizing routines, introduced before discriminative stimuli (SDs), effectively reduced problem behaviors in adolescents with intellectual disabilities by decreasing EO effectiveness.

Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Psychology
  • Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
  • Developmental Disabilities

Background:

  • Establishing operations (EOs) temporarily alter the reinforcing effectiveness of stimuli.
  • Problem behaviors can be influenced by EOs that precede discriminative stimuli (SDs).
  • Understanding the interplay between EOs, SDs, and problem behaviors is crucial for intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if neutralizing routines, placed between EOs and SDs, can decrease problem behaviors.
  • To examine the efficacy of interventions targeting the value-altering effects of EOs.
  • To assess the impact of EOs and SDs on problem behaviors in adolescents with severe intellectual disabilities.

Main Methods:

  • Functional analyses identified motivations for problem behaviors (escape, tangible items).

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  • Interviews identified potential EOs preceding discriminative stimuli (SDs).
  • An alternating treatments design compared four conditions: EO + SD, SD only, EO only, and neither. An ABAB reversal design evaluated neutralizing routines.

    • Main Results:

    • Problem behaviors occurred almost exclusively when both EO and SD were present.
    • Neutralizing routines, implemented between the EO and SD, significantly reduced problem behaviors.
    • The study demonstrated the effectiveness of targeting EOs to mitigate problem behavior.

    Conclusions:

    • Interventions that neutralize establishing operations are effective in reducing problem behaviors.
    • Strategic timing of interventions, by embedding neutralizing routines, can disrupt the EO-SD sequence.
    • Findings have implications for both applied behavior analysis and theoretical understanding of EOs.