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Applying Functional Analysis: A Reply to Samson and McDonnell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Robert S. P. Jones  and
R. Glynn Owens
Robert S. P. Jones
Affiliation:
University College of North Wales, Bangor
R. Glynn Owens
Affiliation:
University College of North Wales, Bangor
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This paper builds on the suggestions of Samson and McDonnell (1990) concerning functional analysis and challenging behaviour and argues that although presenting an excellent outline of the general use of functional analysis, Samson and McDonnell (1990) have failed to sufficiently address the complexities of a functional approach to complex behaviour. The present paper emphasizes the need for caution when including “unobservables” in a functional analysis and discusses the contextual nature of the functional relationships between variables.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 37 - 40
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1992

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