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Peer reviewedGreen, Carolyn W.; Gardner, Shirley M.; Reid, Dennis H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1997
A study of three adults with profound mental retardation investigated the effects of using systematically assessed preferred stimuli versus staff opinion-based preferred stimuli on increasing happiness indices. Preferred stimuli based on preference assessments were more consistently accompanied by increased happiness indices than were preferred…
Descriptors: Adults, Environmental Influences, Evaluation Methods, Happiness
