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Decreasing influence of arbitrarily applicable verbal relations of recreational gamblers: A randomized controlled trial
2018 · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis; v. 52; n. 1; p. 60-72; Fonte: Wiley
Dados principais
- Ano de publicação
- 2018
- Dados editoriais
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis; v. 52; n. 1; p. 60-72; Fonte: Wiley
- Palavras-chave
- JABA; análise do comportamento
- DOI
- 10.1002/jaba.511
Autores
- Jordan Belisle
- Dana Paliliunas
- Mark R. Dixon
- Ryan C. Speelman
Resumo
Twenty‐one recreational gamblers were randomly assigned to two groups; one group was exposed to a conditional discrimination relational training task to bias choice allocation to a black machine presented concurrently with a red machine, and the other group underwent the same relational training task immediately followed by a defusion procedure, designed to expand upon the relations developed in the initial relational task. Both groups completed a simulated slot‐machine task before and after the relational training task, with or without the defusion procedure. Results showed that 9 of 11 participants in the relational training only group showed an increased bias toward the black machine, compared to only 4 of 10 in the relational training plus defusion group; this latter group also showed greater matched responding. Results suggest that expanding verbal–relational networks may reduce the influence of any single verbal relation on gambling choice behavior.