20 - Behavioral Assessment

Question 1

Types of Behavioral Assessment

Answer 1

1. Naturalistic: in natural setting
2. Analogue: task-based in lab (can lead to greater freq. of behavior of interest, high reliability and internal validity, but weaker ecological validity)
3. Self-Monitoring/Diary: low cost, can help self-awareness, may work just because of reactivity; (also, may be unreliable/inaccurate, pt may backfill, pt burden, lower validity)
4. Behavior Ratings & Self Report: cheap and easy (but IRT reveals problems with likert scales, and retrospective ratings)

Question 2

Coding

Answer 2

Time:

1. Event-based: codes whenever a discrete behavior occurs
2. Interval-based: codes during a specified span of time

Behavior:

1. Sign-based: codes small units of behavior, like movements
2. Message-based: codes function/meaning of behavior

Question 3

ABC Model

Answer 3

• Antecedent - behavior - consequence
• Part of functional behavioral assessment (FBA)
• To identify pattern of sequences that involve problem behavior and hopefully change A or C

Question 4

Case Conceptualization (4 P’s)

Answer 4

Protective Factors: strengths
Predisposing Factors: vulnerabilities
Precipitating Factors: trigger
Perpetuating Factors: maintaining

Treatment would focus on addressing the perpetuating factors, helping the client identify precipitating factors, while building on protective factors and considering predisposing factors.