Effects of delay fading and signals on self‐control choices by children
Open accessAbstract
The current study is a systematic replication and extension of work by Schweitzer & Sulzer‐Azaroff (1988). The effects of delay fading alone and in combination with signals on choices between larger, delayed reinforcers and smaller, immediate reinforcers by four children with language deficits were examined. For one of the two children exposed to delay fading alone, larger reinforcers were selected at longer delays relative to the initial self‐control assessment. For all four children, the delay‐fading‐plus‐signal condition resulted in selection of larger reinforcers at considerably longer delays relative to the self‐control assessment.
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
Several studies suggest that providing signals or distractors during the delay to the larger-later reward may produce larger reductions in impulsivity.
“with several studies suggesting larger reductions in impulsivity may be realized by providing signals or distractors during the delay to the LLR (e.g., Newquist, Dozier, & Neidert, 2012; Vessells, Sy, Wilson, & Green, 2018).”
From Changing Delay Discounting and Impulsive Choice: Implications for Addictions, Prevention, and Human Health (2019) · cites this paper as Vessells et al., 2018
Self-check
Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
The self-check needs the paper’s full text.
Cites
EVALUATION OF A MULTIPLE‐STIMULUS PRESENTATION FORMAT FOR ASSESSING REINFORCER PREFERENCES
DeLeon, I. G., & Iwata, B. A. (1996) · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · doi:10.1901/jaba.1996.29-519 · Cited by 1,329 · see citing works
COMMITMENT, CHOICE AND SELF‐CONTROL<sup>1</sup>
Rachlin, H., & Green, L. (1972) · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior · doi:10.1901/jeab.1972.17-15 · Cited by 1,204 · see citing works
Self-citationCHOICE IN A “SELF‐CONTROL” PARADIGM: EFFECTS OF A FADING PROCEDURE
Mazur, J. E., & Logue, A. W. (1978) · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior · doi:10.1901/jeab.1978.30-11 · Cited by 364 · see citing works
SELF‐CONTROL: TEACHING TOLERANCE FOR DELAY IN IMPULSIVE CHILDREN
Schweitzer, J. B., & Sulzer‐Azaroff, B. (1988) · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior · doi:10.1901/jeab.1988.50-173 · Cited by 172 · see citing works
EVALUATING SELF‐CONTROL AND IMPULSIVITY IN CHILDREN WITH SEVERE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS
Vollmer, T. R., Borrero, J. C., Lalli, J. S., & Daniel, D. (1999) · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · doi:10.1901/jaba.1999.32-451 · Cited by 139 · see citing works
Contingencies promote delay tolerance
Ghaemmaghami, M., Hanley, G. P., & Jessel, J. (2016) · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · doi:10.1002/jaba.333 · Cited by 130 · see citing works
Neef, N. A., Bicard, D. F., & Endo, S. (2001) · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · doi:10.1901/jaba.2001.34-397 · Cited by 116 · see citing works
USING A SELF‐CONTROL TRAINING PROCEDURE TO INCREASE APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
Dixon, M. R., Hayes, L. J., Binder, L. M., Manthey, S., Sigman, C., & Zdanowski, D. M. (1998) · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · doi:10.1901/jaba.1998.31-203 · Cited by 100 · see citing works
ENHANCING TOLERANCE TO DELAYED REINFORCERS: THE ROLE OF INTERVENING ACTIVITIES
Dixon, M. R., Rehfeldt, R. A., & Randich, L. (2003) · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · doi:10.1901/jaba.2003.36-263 · Cited by 45 · see citing works
A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF BRIEF RULES, A TIMER, AND PREFERRED TOYS ON SELF‐CONTROL
Newquist, M. H., Dozier, C. L., & Neidert, P. L. (2012) · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · doi:10.1901/jaba.2012.45-497 · Cited by 25 · see citing works
Fading a concurrent activity during self-control training for children with autism
Gokey, K. M., Wilder, D. A., Welch, T., Collier, A., & Mathisen, D. (2013) · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · doi:10.1002/jaba.77 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
Flagged first, then by citations
Research works printed but not linked: 2
- DeLeon, I. G., & Iwata, B. A. (1996). Evaluation of a 50-173 · DOI · Paper page
- Dixon, M. R., Hayes, L. J., Binder, L. M., Manthey, S., org/10.1901/jaba.1999.32-451 · DOI
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Rung, J. M., Peck, S., Hinnenkamp, J. E., Preston, E., & Madden, G. J. (2019) · Perspectives on Behavior Science · doi:10.1007/s40614-019-00200-7 · Cited by 65 · see citing works
- Authors
- Vessells, J., Sy, J. R., Wilson, A., & Green, L.
- Affiliations
- Saint Louis University (US)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sy, Jolene R.
- ORCID
- Green, Leonard
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-03-14
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 374-381
- ISSN
- 0021-8855 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-3703
- OpenAlex
- W2798217954
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4
- FWCI
- 4.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium) (submittedVersion)
- Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (University of Maryland College Park)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Keywords
- delay discounting, self-control, reinforcement magnitude, signals, replication
- MeSH terms
- Self-Control, Developmental Disabilities, Child, Preschool, Choice Behavior, Humans, Male, Reinforcement, Psychology, Time Factors, Delay Discounting
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
