Prior researchers have validated the use of a latency assessment to create a hierarchy of demand aversiveness. Demand latency assessments help to identify high-aversive demands for use in functional analyses and/or treatment. The current study used the same approach to evaluate aversiveness of social interaction among four individuals who engaged in target behavior maintained by social avoidance. We obtained clear hierarchies in social interaction aversiveness across all participants. For one participant, we also used the social avoidance latency assessment to demonstrate an intervention approach using gradual fading of less- to more-aversive forms of social interactions. These results indicate latency assessments may be applicable to generate hierarchies of aversive situations that may evoke target behavior maintained by social negative reinforcement other than escape from demands, leading to several clinical implications, and future research directions.

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展示负强化偏好评估以确定社交互动类型的厌恶程度

先前的研究人员已经验证了使用延迟评估来创建需求厌恶的层次结构。需求延迟评估有助于识别用于功能分析和/或治疗的高厌恶需求。目前的研究使用相同的方法来评估四个从事由社交回避维持的目标行为的个人之间的社交厌恶程度。我们在所有参与者的社交互动厌恶中获得了清晰的层次结构。对于一位参与者，我们还使用社交回避潜伏期评估来展示一种干预方法，该方法使用逐渐淡化的社交互动形式逐渐淡化。