Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
- Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy / Volume 32 / Issue 01 / January 2004, pp 67-76
- Copyright © 2004 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1352465804001079 (About DOI), Published online: 18 February 2004
THE USE OF TIME BASE LAG SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS TO LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS AND CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR IN PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
AbstractAlthough low frequency challenging behaviour (that which occurs less than once a day) is common, very little research has been done into its analysis or treatment. It is suggested that the methods of analysing high frequency challenging behaviour, such as experimental functional analysis, will not be applicable with low frequency challenging behaviour. The use of correctional analysis of case records is considered as a method for generating hypotheses as to why a client is showing low frequency challenging behaviour. It is noted that using simple correlations is a method that can provide only limited information as to the relationship between a challenging behaviour and other events. A method that can reveal more about the temporal relationship between environmental events and challenging behaviour is time base lag sequential analysis. Three case studies are presented in which time base lag sequential analysis was used to analyse the relationship between challenging behaviour and possible causal factors. Key Words: Challenging behaviour; correlational analysis; functional analysis; time based lag sequential analysis. Footnotes1 Reprint requests to Simon Whitaker, The Learning Disability Research Unit, Department of Social Work, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Studies, Harold Wilson Building, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DU, UK. E-mail: s.whitaker@hud.ac.uk |
