Mand compliance as a contingency controlling problem behavior: A systematic review

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2020-09-02

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Rajaraman, Adithyan; Hanley, Gregory P.; Mand compliance as a contingency controlling problem behavior: A systematic review; Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (2020); https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jaba.758

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Rajaraman, Adithyan; Hanley, Gregory P.; Mand compliance as a contingency controlling problem behavior: A systematic review; Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (2020); https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ abs/10.1002/jaba.758, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/ jaba.758. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
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Bowman et al. (1997) described a dynamic contingency in which severe problem behavior was evoked by adult noncompliance with a variety of child mands, which occurred at high rates, and was reinforced by adult compliance with subsequent mands. They discovered this phenomenon with 2 children for whom standard functional analyses were inconclusive. In recent years, similar contingencies have been shown to influence problem behavior, but the manner in which they have been arranged and described has varied across studies. The purpose of this literature review is to (a) describe contingencies involving mand compliance and the circumstances under which they have been evaluated, (b) summarize procedural variations in analysis and treatment, and (c) discuss what is known and yet to be discovered about the contingency as it relates to problem behavior. Future research focused on improving technology for analyzing and treating problem behavior suspected to be sensitive to mand compliance is discussed.