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Journal of autism and developmental disorders
Apr, 2015;45 (4): 1013-25.

The impact of delays on parents' perceptions of treatments for problem behavior.

Nathan A Call, Andrea R Reavis, Courtney E McCracken, Scott E Gillespie, Mindy C Scheithauer
Author Information
  1. Nathan A Call: Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, 1920 Briarcliff Rd., Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA, nathan.call@choa.org.
PMID: 25267069 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2257-9

Abstract

Parent engagement in behavioral interventions is critical for treatments to succeed. Parental decision-making regarding treatments can be impacted by systematic biases, such as the tendency to discount the value of delayed benefits, or "delay discounting". This study examined the impact of delay discounting on parents' perceptions of treatment for their children's problem behavior. Seventeen caregivers of children with a developmental disability who displayed problem behaviors completed assessments in two conditions: a monetary reward paradigm and a paradigm related to treatment outcomes. Fifteen of 17 participants displayed patterns of choice-making suggesting discounting of delayed treatment outcomes. If corroborated in larger samples, our methods could afford clinicians a way to optimize their approach to caregivers to maximize the benefits of treatment.

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MeSH Term

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Choice Behavior
Decision Making
Delayed Diagnosis
Developmental Disabilities
Female
Humans
Male
Parents
Perception
Pilot Projects
Reward
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
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