To date, there is no research on the measurement of indices of happiness and unhappiness for children receiving behavior-analytic treatment for feeding disorders and the research on caregiver treatment acceptability during feeding treatment is limited. The purpose of the current study was to measure child indices of happiness and unhappiness during extinction-based treatment with and without noncontingent reinforcement and to evaluate caregiver treatment acceptability through the course of treatment. Child indices of happiness were idiosyncratic, while indices of unhappiness increased at the onset of treatment and were higher during extinction without noncontingent reinforcement, but eventually decreased. Overall, caregiver treatment acceptability remained high despite temporary increases in emotional responding. The current study introduces measures of social validity to use during feeding treatment (i.e., indices of happiness and unhappiness) and provides evidence that dense schedules of noncontingent reinforcement could serve to mitigate indices of unhappiness during the initial implementation of extinction-based treatment.

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小儿喂养障碍治疗过程中的幸福和不幸福指数

迄今为止，还没有关于喂养障碍行为分析治疗儿童幸福和不幸福指数测量的研究，对喂养治疗期间照顾者治疗可接受性的研究也很有限。本研究的目的是在有和没有非偶然性强化的基于消退的治疗期间测量儿童的幸福和不幸福指数，并在整个治疗过程中评估照顾者治疗的可接受性。儿童的幸福指数是异质的，而不幸福指数在治疗开始时增加，在没有非偶然强化的消退期间较高，但最终下降。总体而言，尽管情绪反应暂时增加，但看护者治疗的可接受性仍然很高。