scholarly journals In search of meaning: Values in modern clinical behavior analysis

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer C. Plumb ◽  
Ian Stewart ◽  
JoAnne Dahl ◽  
Tobias Lundgren
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Analysis ◽  
Clinical Behavior Analysis ◽  
Clinical Behavior

scholarly journals O inconsciente na interpretação clínica analítico-comportamental

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-72
Author(s):  
Jocelaine Martins da SILVEIRA ◽  
Lázaro de ALMEIDA
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Analysis ◽  
Clinical Behavior Analysis ◽  
Response Class ◽  
Clinical Behavior

The aim of this article was to describe the clinical behavior analysis background related to the topic unconsciousness. In order to understantd the topic, some B. F. Skinner’s publicatons about unconscious were examined, as well as some publications in the clinical behavior analysis field. Results indicated that, according to Behavior Analysis, there are two main conditions on which the term unconscious is applied in certain theoretic traditions in Psychology. Both conditions depend on a social-verbal environment that teaches self-descriptive behaviors and also teachs the response class of avoiding such descriptions. The first condition relies on the unconsciousness caused by the lack ou poor exposure of a verbal environment which would promote the knowlege about what one has done, what one is doing, what one tends to do or about the controling variables of a given behavior. The second condition in which the term unconscious is used is closely related to what certain theories would call repressed unconscious and it is produced by punishing contingencies. In the clinical behavior analysis, these both conditions are analysed, but the sencond type is specially focused, that is, those conditions that produce the response class of escaping/avoiding the de tacts of punishable behaviors.

Case Study of Clinical Behavior Analysis for a 20-Year-Old Client With Emetophobia

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-174
Author(s):  
Takashi Mitamura
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Analysis ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Single Case Design ◽  
Clinical Behavior Analysis ◽  
Clinical Behavior ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
Clinically Significant

This case study illustrates a clinical behavior analytic intervention for a female client with emetophobia, the fear of vomiting. Clinical behavior analysis is a recently developing branch of empirically supported psychotherapy, derived from behavior analysis. This case study presents modified case formulations and changed intervention strategies according to the results of repeated measuring. The intervention was six sessions and three gradual follow-up sessions; the effect of the intervention was monitored by a single-case design. The intervention strategies were changed from symptom-focused interventions, which are based on exposure, to value-focused gradual follow-up sessions. The client’s phobia and depression were alleviated through the intervention and gradual follow-up phases. Moreover, her value-based activities increased through the gradual follow-up phase. The Reliable Change Indexes (RCIs) were calculated to evaluate changes between the intervention and follow-up phases. There were large and clinically significant decreases on measures. The results highlight the utility of repeated measuring and importance of a value-focused approach.

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