Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Vincent Glaudin
Term of Graduation
Summer 1971
Date of Publication
7-30-1971
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Psychology
Department
Psychology
Language
English
Subjects
Behavior modification, Mother and child
DOI
10.15760/etd.1402
Physical Description
1 online resource (vi, 95 pages)
Abstract
An experiment was designed to test the effectiveness of using standard laboratory environments in producing a broad class of problem behaviors which defined Mother-Child (M-C) interaction difficulties. The effects of four environments, free-time (X), child's game and rules (B), mother's game and rules (C), and clean-up (Z), on the frequency of eight criteria behaviors were tested on 12 M-C pairs over three days of baseline data collection. It was predicted that the frequency of problem behaviors would decrease as a function of environment (X) and increase as a function of environments (B), (C), and (Z). A two factor repeated measures design was used for the baseline data analyses. Analysis of the data confirmed the experimental predictions. It was concluded that the use of standard laboratory environments was effective in increasing the frequency of problem behaviors which define M-C interaction difficulties. These conclusions were discussed in view of the contribution made by the use of' environmental control in the application of behavior modification techniques to M-C interaction difficulties.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/9858
Recommended Citation
Hamilton, Thomas Whalen, "The Effectiveness of Environmental Control in Modifying Problem Behaviors in Mother-Child Interaction" (1971). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 1403.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.1402
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