EFFECTS OF SIGNALING INVASIVE PROCEDURES ON A HOSPITALIZED INFANT'S AFFECTIVE BEHAVIORS |
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| Authors: | Janice G. Derrickson Nancy A. Neef Michael F. Cataldo |
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| Abstract: | We report the effects of using a visual and auditory stimulus signaling impending painful medical procedures versus “safe” periods on the affective behavior of a hospitalized infant. The results of a reversal design suggested that the signaling procedures increased positive behaviors and decreased negative behaviors during both noninvasive and invasive caregiver events. |
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| Keywords: | behavioral medicine discriminative stimulus prediction signaling infants |
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