Incorporating "Motivation" Into the Functional Analysis of Challenging Behavior: On the Interactive and Integrative Potential of the Motivating Operation Export

@article{citeulike:3372930, abstract = {Sensitivity theory attempts to account for the variability often observed in challenging behavior by recourse to the "aberrant motivation" of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In this article, we suggest that a functional analysis based on environmental (challenging environments) and biological (challenging needs) motivating operations provides a more parsimonious and empirically grounded account of challenging behavior than that proposed by sensitivity theory. It is argued that the concept of the motivating operation provides a means of integrating diverse strands of research without the undue inference of mentalistic constructs. An integrated model of challenging behavior is proposed, one that remains compatible with the central tenets of functional analysis. 10.1177/0145445506298424}, author = {Langthorne, Paul and McGill, Peter and O'Reilly, Mark}, citeulike-article-id = {3372930}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145445506298424}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://bmo.sagepub.com/content/31/4/466.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://bmo.sagepub.com/content/31/4/466.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://bmo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/31/4/466}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17548541}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17548541}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0145445506298424}, journal = {Behav Modif}, keywords = {3, effects, of, vest, weighted}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {466--487}, posted-at = {2009-10-24 16:37:13}, priority = {5}, title = {Incorporating "Motivation" Into the Functional Analysis of Challenging Behavior: On the Interactive and Integrative Potential of the Motivating Operation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145445506298424}, volume = {31}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3372930 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3372930 N2 - Sensitivity theory attempts to account for the variability often observed in challenging behavior by recourse to the "aberrant motivation" of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In this article, we suggest that a functional analysis based on environmental (challenging environments) and biological (challenging needs) motivating operations provides a more parsimonious and empirically grounded account of challenging behavior than that proposed by sensitivity theory. It is argued that the concept of the motivating operation provides a means of integrating diverse strands of research without the undue inference of mentalistic constructs. An integrated model of challenging behavior is proposed, one that remains compatible with the central tenets of functional analysis. 10.1177/0145445506298424 IS - 4 JF - Behav Modif EP - 487 TI - Incorporating "Motivation" Into the Functional Analysis of Challenging Behavior: On the Interactive and Integrative Potential of the Motivating Operation VL - 31 SP - 466 KW - 3 KW - effects KW - of KW - vest KW - weighted AU - Langthorne, Paul AU - McGill, Peter AU - O'Reilly, Mark PY - 2007/07/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145445506298424 ER -