FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOR: A REVIEW

Science and Human Behavior

1953 • 9,622 citations

SOME CURRENT DIMENSIONS OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS¹

1968 • 3,715 citations

TOWARD A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF SELF‐INJURY

1994 • 2,513 citations

REDUCING BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS THROUGH FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING

1985 • 2,048 citations

Tactics of Scientific Research

1960 • 1,642 citations

Pavlovian conditioning and its proper control procedures.

1967 • 1,363 citations

Single-Case Experimental Designs

1985 • 1,009 citations

DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN DISCRIMINATIVE AND MOTIVATIONAL FUNCTIONS OF STIMULI

1982 • 952 citations

THE FUNCTIONS OF SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR: AN EXPERIMENTAL‐EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

1994 • 813 citations

The motivation of self-injurious behavior: A review of some hypotheses.

1977 • 811 citations

Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis.

2011 • 788 citations

A method to integrate descriptive and experimental field studies at the level of data and empirical concepts1

1968 • 761 citations

Identifying the variables maintaining self-injurious behavior

1988 • 635 citations

MANIPULATION OF SELF‐DESTRUCTION IN THREE RETARDED CHILDREN¹

1969 • 522 citations

A BRIEF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF AGGRESSIVE AND ALTERNATIVE BEHAVIOR IN AN OUTCLINIC SETTING

1991 • 458 citations

A SCATTER PLOT FOR IDENTIFYING STIMULUS CONTROL OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOR

1985 • 443 citations

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT, CURRICULAR REVISION, AND SEVERE BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

1991 • 418 citations

THE ROLE OF ATTENTION IN THE TREATMENT OF ATTENTION‐MAINTAINED SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR: NONCONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT AND DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF OTHER BEHAVIOR

1993 • 409 citations

FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING TO REDUCE CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR: MAINTENANCE AND APPLICATION IN NEW SETTINGS

1991 • 391 citations

Experimental studies in childhood schizophrenia: Analysis of self-destructive behavior

1965 • 358 citations

PRODUCTION AND ELIMINATION OF DISRUPTIVE CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR BY SYSTEMATICALLY VARYING TEACHER'S BEHAVIOR¹

1968 • 349 citations

BRIEF FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES TO EVALUATE ABERRANT BEHAVIOR IN AN OUTPATIENT SETTING: A SUMMARY OF 79 CASES

1992 • 347 citations

Behavior analysis, areas of research and application

1975 • 323 citations

EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS AND EXTINCTION OF SELF‐INJURIOUS ESCAPE BEHAVIOR

1990 • 315 citations

ESCAPE AS A FACTOR IN THE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF TWO RETARDED CHILDREN

1980 • 310 citations

LINKING DESCRIPTIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES IN THE TREATMENT OF BIZARRE SPEECH

1991 • 307 citations

Functional analysis in behavior therapy

1990 • 301 citations

PROGRESSING FROM BRIEF ASSESSMENTS TO EXTENDED EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES IN THE EVALUATION OF ABERRANT BEHAVIOR

1995 • 275 citations

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT: CONTRIBUTIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

1994 • 271 citations

DESCRIPTIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES OF VARIABLES MAINTAINING SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR

1993 • 270 citations

SKILL ACQUISITION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY

2000 • 262 citations

AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF MATCHED STIMULI ON BEHAVIORS MAINTAINED BY AUTOMATIC REINFORCEMENT

2000 • 259 citations

USE OF DESCRIPTIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES TO IDENTIFY THE FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF ABERRANT BEHAVIOR IN SCHOOL SETTINGS

1992 • 247 citations

Stimulus control of self-destructive behavior in a psychotic child

1976 • 246 citations

TASK DIFFICULTY AND ABERRANT BEHAVIOR IN SEVERELY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS

1981 • 242 citations

A functional analysis of binge-eating

1995 • 239 citations

EMERGING THEMES IN THE FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOR

1994 • 220 citations

THE SIGNIFICANCE AND FUTURE OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS METHODOLOGIES

1994 • 218 citations

TREATMENT OF PICA THROUGH MULTIPLE ANALYSES OF ITS REINFORCING FUNCTIONS

1998 • 218 citations

TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRUCTURED CRITERIA FOR INTERPRETATION OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS DATA

1997 • 215 citations

STATISTICAL INFERENCE FOR INDIVIDUAL ORGANISM RESEARCH: MIXED BLESSING OR CURSE?1

1974 • 202 citations

REDUCING ESCAPE BEHAVIOR AND INCREASING TASK COMPLETION WITH FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING, EXTINCTION AND RESPONSE CHAINING

1995 • 187 citations

TEACHER USE OF DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS DATA TO IMPLEMENT INTERVENTIONS TO DECREASE STUDENTS' PROBLEM BEHAVIORS

1993 • 185 citations

A validity study on the questions about behavioral function (qabf) scale: predicting treatment success for self-injury, aggression, and stereotypies

1999 • 181 citations

MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS OF PROBLEM BEHAVIORS: ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION

1994 • 170 citations

Functional Assessment and Intervention in a Regular Classroom Setting for the Disruptive Behavior of a Student with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

1995 • 168 citations

ANTECEDENT INFLUENCES ON BEHAVIOR DISORDERS

1997 • 165 citations

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF CIGARETTE PICA

1996 • 165 citations

A discrete-trial approach to the functional analysis of aggressive behaviour in two boys with autism

1995 • 156 citations

ANALYSIS OF ESTABLISHING OPERATIONS FOR SELF‐INJURY MAINTAINED BY ESCAPE

1995 • 154 citations

THE IMPACT OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY ON TREATMENT CHOICE FOR SELF‐INJURIOUS AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR

1999 • 153 citations

A Sequential, Test-Control Methodology for Conducting Functional Analyses of Self-Injurious Behavior

1994 • 149 citations

An approach to functional assessment and analysis of disruptive behavior in regular education classrooms.

1995 • 149 citations

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF ESCAPE‐MAINTAINED AGGRESSION CORRELATED WITH SLEEP DEPRIVATION

1995 • 142 citations

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF SEVERE PICA

1986 • 137 citations

ON THE RELATION OF MANDS AND THE FUNCTION OF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR

1997 • 135 citations

ESTABLISHING DISCRIMINATIVE CONTROL OF RESPONDING USING FUNCTIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE REINFORCERS DURING FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING

1998 • 135 citations

Self-injurious behavior: A behavioral analysis.

1972 • 134 citations

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF EPISODIC SELF‐INJURY CORRELATED WITH RECURRENT OTITIS MEDIA

1997 • 133 citations

DOES FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING COMPETE WITH ONGOING CONTINGENCIES OF REINFORCEMENT? AN ANALYSIS DURING RESPONSE ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE

1997 • 132 citations

THE USE OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT IN THE TREATMENT OF ESCAPE‐MAINTAINED DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR

1997 • 132 citations

THE USE OF BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT TO PRESCRIBE AND EVALUATE TREATMENTS FOR SEVERELY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

1989 • 130 citations

EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF MULTIPLY CONTROLLED SELF‐INJURY

1993 • 125 citations

A Functionally Based Approach to the Treatment of Self-Injurious Behavior

1988 • 122 citations

Analysis of environmental determinants of aggression and disruption in mentally retarded children

1986 • 122 citations

EFFECTS OF SESSION DURATION ON FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OUTCOMES

1999 • 121 citations

IDENTIFICATION AND MODIFICATION OF A RESPONSE‐CLASS HIERARCHY

1995 • 120 citations

DIFFERENTIAL RESPONDING IN THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULI DURING MULTIELEMENT FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES

2000 • 120 citations

AN ANALYSIS OF THE REINFORCING PROPERTIES OF HAND MOUTHING

1995 • 118 citations

EFFECTS OF IDIOSYNCRATIC STIMULUS VARIABLES ON FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OUTCOMES

1997 • 115 citations

THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF AGGRESSION MAINTAINED BY ATTENTION AND AUTOMATIC REINFORCEMENT

1998 • 113 citations

NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS OF NONCONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT

1997 • 111 citations

ESCAPE BEHAVIOR DURING ACADEMIC TASKS: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF IDIOSYNCRATIC ESTABLISHING OPERATIONS

2000 • 111 citations

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN OUTCOMES OF BRIEF AND EXTENDED FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES

1999 • 110 citations

Using an Instructional Intervention to Reduce Problem and Off-Task Behaviors

1999 • 109 citations

INDEPENDENT CONTROL OF A PRESCHOOL CHILD'S AGGRESSION AND PEER INTERACTION BY CONTINGENT TEACHER ATTENTION¹

1973 • 108 citations

An evaluation of functional variables affecting severe problem behaviors in adults with mental retardation by using the Questions About Behavioral Function Scale (QABF)11This study was conducted in collaboration with Pinecrest Developmental Center, Pineville, Louisiana. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the administration and staff of Pinecrest Developmental Center.

1999 • 107 citations

Functional Communication Training for the Treatment of Multiply Determined Challenging Behavior in Two Boys with Autism

1996 • 105 citations

A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES FOLLOWING PROBLEM BEHAVIOR

2001 • 102 citations

THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF TEACHER AND PEER ATTENTION ON THE DISRUPTIVE CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR OF THREE CHILDREN WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER

1995 • 102 citations

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF ELOPEMENT

1997 • 101 citations

Home-based Descriptive and Experimental Analysis of Problem Behaviors in Children

1994 • 100 citations

The use of functional analysis to develop peer interventions for disruptive classroom behavior.

1997 • 98 citations

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF SEPARATE TOPOGRAPHIES OF ABERRANT BEHAVIOR

1994 • 95 citations

ON THE REINFORCING EFFECTS OF THE CONTENT OF VERBAL ATTENTION

1996 • 94 citations

INTERACTION EFFECTS IN MULTIELEMENT DESIGNS: INEVITABLE, DESIRABLE, AND IGNORABLE

1989 • 93 citations

IDENTIFYING INSTRUCTIONAL TASKS THAT OCCASION PROBLEM BEHAVIORS AND ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF STUDENT VERSUS TEACHER CHOICE AMONG THESE TASKS

1997 • 91 citations

EFFECTS OF SETTING EVENTS ON THE PROBLEM BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES

1993 • 91 citations

AN EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF ATTENTION AS REINFORCEMENT FOR DESTRUCTIVE AND APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR

1999 • 88 citations

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR MAINTAINED BY TERMINATION OF “DON'T” (AND SYMMETRICAL “DO”) REQUESTS

1998 • 86 citations

THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT ADULTS AS THERAPISTS DURING FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES

2000 • 86 citations

BEHAVIORAL PERSISTENCE AND VARIABILITY DURING EXTINCTION OF SELF‐INJURY MAINTAINED BY ESCAPE

1994 • 85 citations

ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR MAINTAINED BY STEREOTYPIC OBJECT MANIPULATION

1998 • 85 citations

FURTHER ANALYSIS OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOR IN RESPONSE CLASS HIERARCHIES

1999 • 85 citations

FIXED‐TIME SCHEDULES ATTENUATE EXTINCTION‐INDUCED PHENOMENA IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE ABERRANT BEHAVIOR

1998 • 84 citations

CONTROL OF TANTRUM BEHAVIOR BY OPERANT TECHNIQUES DURING EXPERIMENTAL VERBAL TRAINING

1968 • 82 citations

Assessment and treatment of psychotic speech in an autistic child

1987 • 82 citations

MANIPULATING ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS TO ALTER THE STIMULUS CONTROL OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOR

1994 • 78 citations

EFFECTS OF EQUAL AND UNEQUAL REINFORCER DURATION DURING FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

1996 • 77 citations

FALSE‐POSITIVE MAINTENANCE OF SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR BY ACCESS TO TANGIBLE REINFORCERS

1999 • 73 citations

TREATMENT OF MULTIPLY CONTROLLED PROBLEM BEHAVIOR

1996 • 73 citations

A Comparison of Methods for the Functional Assessment of Stereotypic Behavior

1992 • 66 citations

Methodological Issues in Functional Analysis: Generalizability to Other Disability Groups

1999 • 66 citations

Stereotyped movements of mental defectives. II. Effects of novel objects.

1963 • 64 citations

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOR EXHIBITED BY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

1999 • 63 citations

Functional Analysis of Disruptive Behavior in an Inclusive Classroom

1996 • 63 citations

Effects of Task Difficulty on the Disruptive and On-Task Behavior of Students with Severe Behavior Disorders

1996 • 63 citations

FURTHER ANALYSIS OF IDIOSYNCRATIC ANTECEDENT INFLUENCES DURING THE ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOR

2000 • 63 citations

Descriptive and experimental analysis of teacher and peer attention and the use of assessment-based intervention to improve pro-social behavior

1996 • 62 citations

Use of operant techniques for the modification of self-injurious behavior.

1971 • 62 citations

Functional taxonomy of stereotypic and self-injurious behavior.

1985 • 62 citations

Evaluating the function of hair pulling: A preliminary investigation

1998 • 60 citations

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY: SOME CLOSING COMMENTS

1994 • 60 citations

Analog baselines: A critical review of the methodology

1995 • 60 citations

When timeout works some of the time: The importance of treatment integrity and functional assessment.

1997 • 60 citations

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF SOCIAL‐COMMUNICATIVE BEHAVIOR OF ADOLESCENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

1997 • 58 citations

ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF FINGER SUCKING

2000 • 57 citations

THE EFFECTS OF PRESESSION EXPOSURE TO ATTENTION ON THE RESULTS OF ASSESSMENTS OF ATTENTION AS A REINFORCER

2000 • 56 citations

Analysis of demand conditions associated with stereotypy

1987 • 56 citations

COMMENTS ON FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS PROCEDURES FOR SCHOOL‐BASED BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

1994 • 55 citations

Within-session patterns of responding during functional analyses: the role of establishing operations in clarifying behavioral function

1999 • 54 citations

EXTINCTION EFFECTS DURING THE ASSESSMENT OF MULTIPLE PROBLEM BEHAVIORS

2000 • 53 citations

Within-session patterns of self-injury as indicators of behavioral function

1993 • 52 citations

A functional analysis of multiple aberrant responses: a refinement and extension of Iwata et al.'s (1982) methodology

1988 • 49 citations

A functional-analytic approach to the diagnosis of a transient tic disorder

1996 • 49 citations

A Critical Analysis of Functional Assessment: Issues for Researchers and Practitioners

1996 • 47 citations

Extensions of multielement functional analyses using reversal-type designs

1993 • 46 citations

A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF INTERACTIVE EFFECTS BETWEEN COMMON CLASSROOM CONTINGENCIES AND METHYLPHENIDATE

1997 • 45 citations

Analysis of demand conditions associated with reluctant speech

1986 • 45 citations

A guide for conducting a comprehensive behavioral analysis of a target behavior

1989 • 45 citations

THE TREATMENT OF COVERT SELF‐INJURY THROUGH CONTINGENCIES ON RESPONSE PRODUCTS

1996 • 44 citations

Functional Analysis of Severe Tantrums Displayed by Children with Language Delays

1996 • 43 citations

The Functional Assessment of Challenging Behaviour: A Comparison of Informant-based, Experimental and Descriptive Methods

1996 • 42 citations

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF ABERRANT BEHAVIOR THROUGH MEASUREMENT OF SEPARATE RESPONSE TOPOGRAPHIES

2000 • 41 citations

Reduction of multiple aberrant behaviors and concurrent development of self-care skills with differential reinforcement

1992 • 39 citations

USING BRIEF ASSESSMENTS TO EVALUATE ABERRANT BEHAVIOR MAINTAINED BY ATTENTION

2000 • 38 citations

SELF‐RESTRAINT AS POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT FOR SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR

1996 • 38 citations

Evaluating the social and ecological validity of analog assessment procedures for challenging behaviors in young children

1996 • 37 citations

Assessing the Functional Properties of Noncompliant Behavior in an Outpatient Setting

1993 • 37 citations

EFFECTS OF PRESESSION ATTENTION ON THE FREQUENCY OF ATTENTION‐MAINTAINED BEHAVIOR

1999 • 37 citations

On the effects of “quality” of attention in the functional analysis of destructive behavior

1999 • 36 citations

THE USE OF SYMMETRICAL “DO” AND “DON'T” REQUESTS TO INTERRUPT ONGOING ACTIVITIES

1999 • 34 citations

A Critique of the Usefulness of Inferential Statistics in Applied Behavior Analysis

1998 • 32 citations

ASSESSMENT OF SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR MAINTAINED BY ACCESS TO SELF‐RESTRAINT MATERIALS

1998 • 31 citations

The stereotypy analysis: An instrument for examining environmental variables associated with differential rates of stereotypic behavior

1997 • 31 citations

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF LIFE‐THREATENING DRUG INGESTION IN A DUALLY DIAGNOSED YOUTH

1993 • 30 citations

Escape behavior in task situations: Task versus social antecedents

1994 • 29 citations

Experimental functional analyses for challenging behavior: a study of validity and reliability

1999 • 29 citations

Teacher-Implemented Functional Analysis and Treatment: A Method for Linking Assessment to Intervention

1999 • 29 citations

Statistical Analysis and Single-Subject Designs

1986 • 27 citations

Analysis and intervention with two topographies of challenging behavior exhibited by a young woman with autism

1997 • 27 citations

Toward a Methodology of Experimental Analysis and Treatment of Aberrant Classroom Behaviors

1989 • 26 citations

PLAY VERSUS ALONE CONDITIONS AS CONTROLS DURING FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES OF SELF-INJURIOUS ESCAPE BEHAVIOR

1998 • 25 citations

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND INTERVENTION FOR BREATH HOLDING

1995 • 25 citations

Situation Specificity in Attention-Seeking Problem Behavior

1993 • 23 citations

Assessment and treatment of episodic self-injury: A case study

1996 • 21 citations

The establishing effects of client location on self-injurious behavior

1997 • 19 citations

A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF PRIOR CLASSROOM CONDITIONS ON PERFORMANCE UNDER ANALOGUE ANALYSIS CONDITIONS

1996 • 17 citations

Biobehavior Analysis of Self-Injurious Behavior in a Person with Profound Handicaps

1997 • 14 citations

Stimulus control and resistance to extinction in attention-maintained SIB

1997 • 10 citations

SMOKING CESSATION THROUGH FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

1991 • 10 citations

Assessment and Intervention for the Problem Behaviors of an Adult at Home

1996 • 6 citations

Brief report: Non‐intrusive operant analysis of aggressive behavior in persons with mental retardation

1991 • 4 citations

INFORMING READERS OF THE PRESENCE OF DATA COMMON TO MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS

1998 • 3 citations