Exploring the Clinical Utility of a Stimulus Avoidance Assessment to Enhance a Relaxation Training Model

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• 作者：Alyssa N. Wilson ; Erin M. Kasson ; Olivia Gratz…
• 关键词：Relaxation training ; Stimulus assessment ; Autism ; Behavior analysis
• 刊名：Behavior Analysis in Practice
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：May 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：8
• 期：1
• 页码：57-61
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• 作者单位：Alyssa N. Wilson (1)
  Erin M. Kasson (1)
  Olivia Gratz (1)
  John M. Guercio (2)
  
  1. School of Social Work, Saint Louis University, 3550 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO, USA
  2. AWS/Benchmark Human Services, St. Louis, MO, USA
  
• 刊物类别：Psychology, general;
• 刊物主题：Psychology, general;
• 出版者：Springer International Publishing
• ISSN：2196-8934

文摘

The current case study explored the clinical utility of a stimulus avoidance assessment during relaxation training with an adult with an autism spectrum disorder. A multiple stimulus without replacement procedure was implemented with aversive events to identify an aversive situation hierarchy. Aversive events were then systematically presented during the analogue phase of relaxation training across low, medium, and highly aversive events. Results support a clinical utility of using stimulus assessments to inform relaxation training, while suggesting further modifications to relaxation training protocols for generalization of skills. Keywords Relaxation training Stimulus assessment Autism Behavior analysis