A pilot study using a computer-based rule following task to distinguish adolescents with and without a behavior disorder

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• 作者：Jill Sartor Pierce^a ; Cody Hostutler^b ; ^{hostutca@muohio.edu} ; T. Steuart Watson^b
• 关键词：Computer-based assessment ; Rule following ; Behavior disorders ; Adolescents ; Screening instruments
• 刊名：Computers in Human Behavior
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：41_07475632
• 类别：cp
• 出版时间：July, 2012
• 卷：28
• 期：4
• 页码：1103-1108
• 文件大小：176 K

摘要

The purposes of this pilot study were to: (a) determine if adolescents with a behavior disorder were less likely than adolescents without a behavior disorder to follow rules when the contingencies did not support doing so, and (b) explore the possibility that a computer-based rule-following task could be used as a measure to differentiate children with and without behavior disorders. Thirteen adolescents with a diagnosis of a behavior disorder (Conduct Disorder or Oppositional Defiant Disorder) and thirteen adolescents without the diagnosis of a behavior disorder were exposed to a computer task in which the rule for earning points and the contingency for earning points did not match. A comparison between groups using a Mann-Whitney U analysis revealed that students with an EBD were significantly more likely to violate the rule, z = 鈭?.724, p < .01. A discriminant analysis yielded a significant Wilks鈥?Lambda (位 = .490, p < .0001), canonical correlation (, p < .0001), and a correct classification rate of 82.7%. Implications of these findings are discussed in terms of measuring rule-following and using the computer-based task as a screening tool to identify students who are in need of further assessment for behavior disorders.