Choice
All behavior can be construed as choice. We study how people learn to choose among options that are probabilistic, ambiguously signalled, or otherwise uncertain.
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RECENT RESEARCHInternet Consequences Questionnaire: A Pilot Study
This brief report introduces the preliminary Internet Consequences Questionnaire (ICQ-P) as a functional assessment that quantifies the self-reported reinforcing value of internet use and parses value derived from conditioned tangible reinforcement, attention, sensory reinforcement, escape from demands, social avoidance, and covert avoidance.
Kyonka, Naidu, Torres, & Garcia 2024
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OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATION
Behavioral Functions Associated With Wanting to Reduce Internet UseThis registered report compared internet use by people who wanted to reduce the amount of time they spend on the internet with internet use by people who did not.
Respondents completed a self-report measure of problematic internet use, the Young Diagnostic Questionnaire (YDQ), and an indirect functional assessment of behavioral factors that motivate internet use, the Preliminary Internet Consequences Questionnaire (ICQ-P). People who reported wanting to reduce internet use were more likely to have high YDQ scores than people who did not. They also had higher total ICQ-P scores and endorsed ICQ-P items related to negative reinforcement more than people who did not want to reduce their internet use. Group differences support the theory that excessive unwanted internet use is a problem behavior maintained by negative reinforcement. Kyonka, Garcia, Torres, & Naidu 2023
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A Behavior Analytic Perspective on Treatment of Problem Gaming and Problem Social Media UseProblem gaming and problem social media use are emerging areas of study that present opportunities for research and practice.
Behavior analysts can help to clarify the mechanisms involved, and to differentiate problematic from healthy use. Hassan & Kyonka, 2021
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