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A Component Analysis of the Room Manager Role

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

P. Sturmey  and
A. G. Crisp
P. Sturmey
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Birmingham University
A. G. Crisp
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Liverpool University
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Abstract

A component analysis of the room manager role (Porterfield et al., 1980) was performed in a series of four experiments. The subjects were one nursing staff and 13 severely and profoundly mentally handicapped young adults. The experiments took place in a hospital adult training unit. Five components (presence of toys in the room, providing a toy, replacing toys, prompting, and the full room manager role) were compared. Increases in the proportion of time on task were associated with the antecedents; praising had no effect. For residents with high Vineland Social Age regularly replacing toys was associated with the greatest increase in the proportion of time on task. For residents with low Vineland Social Age prompting was associated with the greatest increase in proportion of time on task. Implications for modification of the room manager role are considered and limitations to the present study discussed.

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Clinical/Brief Reports
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 83 - 99
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1989

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