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Increasing a Desired Behavior Sustained Walking

This study focuses on a behavior change intervention aimed at increasing walking duration for a stressed-out woman named Barb, who sought to resume her exercise routine after experiencing health setbacks. The goal was to incrementally increase her walking from 10 minutes to 60 minutes daily. Using yoga as an incentive, we tracked walking minutes over two weeks. The AB design intervention showed an increase in walking time, with a mean daily duration rising to 25.6 minutes. Results highlight the importance of behavioral recording and measurement in achieving sustained activity improvements.

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Increasing a Desired Behavior Sustained Walking

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  1. Increasing a Desired BehaviorSustained Walking

  2. ID participant • Barb- stressed out mature woman • Health episode derailed exercise • Anxious to resume activity levels

  3. ID and Define a Target Behavior • Sustained walking • Increase from a mere 10 minutes without fatigue to 60 minutes of vigorous activity • Trail or Treadmill? • Incentive? • Antecedent?

  4. The Trail - About 2 Miles

  5. Technique to Measure • Duration • To increase time spent engaged in meaningful activity • Will record minutes per day • Goal: To increase each days minutes spent walking by 5 minutes to reach goal of 60 minutes of sustained walking

  6. AntecedentOr, the incentive to move! • What can be done to insure that the behavior will occur? • Yoga! • 15 minutes of daily stretching • Also serves as the reinforcer- the more you move, the more you can move.

  7. Barb’s Walking Log Mon June 16 Time Spent Walking 10 Tues June 17 10 Wed.June 18 0 Thurs. June 19 75 Fri.June 20 0 Sat.June 21 20 SunJune 22 15 MEAN 18.5 Min. GRAPH DATA POINTS – 7

  8. Intervention:Premack Principal Yoga stretchesIndependent Variable

  9. Report Occurrence of Target Behavior • Behavior recorded for two weeks after intervention • Walking Increased incrementally daily • Mean of Target Behavior after intervention– 25.6 minutes • Graph Data Points for Behavior after intervention - 15

  10. Design of intervention • AB Design chosen for speed and fast results • Only 2 phases- baseline and intervention • ABAB would have established functional relationship between dependent and independent variables. • ABAB gives more descriptive and predictive information.

  11. What could go Wrong? • Selected inappropriate design • Unable to establish functional relationship • Unable to be replicated • Trendline too varied • Too much variability • 100% overlap • Intervention and independent variable is also the reinforcer??? • What was I thinking?

  12. What Went Right? • Quick Results • Easy charting • Behavior increased! • Well Being increased! • Learned recording, selecting and graphing intervention techniques

  13. Was it a successful intervention? • The data is insufficient to state that the intervention is the cause of the improved behavior. • The Behavior improved.

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