Recent research has developed methods of assessing the function of generic, nonindividualized social interactions. The purpose of this type of assessment is to provide a measure of how an individual may respond to the types of interactions readily available in the natural environment. To date, no research has evaluated how the social time allocation of individuals for whom generic interactions are neutral or aversive could be improved. Moreover, no research has included additional dependent variables that may be functionally related to social time allocation. In the current study, we evaluated the effects of initiating preferred, individualized social interactions on the social time allocation of 3 participants for whom generic interactions functioned as neutral or aversive stimuli. The intervention increased social time allocation for all 3 participants. Next, we evaluated the relation between social time allocation and the occurrence of mands, item engagement, and rigid or repetitive behavior using the intervention data as well as secondary analyses of previously published datasets. The occurrence of mands and rigid or repetitive behaviors changed with improvements in social time allocation and were strongly correlated with social time allocation across participants. Implications for future research on, and the clinical use of, this type of assessment and intervention are discussed.

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增加社交时间分配和对需求、项目参与和僵化或重复行为的伴随影响

最近的研究已经开发出评估通用的、非个体化的社会互动功能的方法。此类评估的目的是提供一种衡量个人如何对自然环境中容易获得的交互类型做出反应的方法。迄今为止，还没有研究评估如何改善一般交互中立或厌恶的个人的社交时间分配。此外，没有研究包括可能在功能上与社交时间分配相关的额外因变量。在目前的研究中，我们评估了发起偏好的、个性化的社交互动对 3 名参与者的社交时间分配的影响，对他们来说，一般互动起到中性或厌恶刺激的作用。干预增加了所有 3 名参与者的社交时间分配。接下来，我们使用干预数据以及对先前发布的数据集的二次分析，评估了社交时间分配与要求的发生、项目参与以及僵化或重复行为之间的关系。要求和僵化或重复行为的发生随着社会时间分配的改善而改变，并且与参与者的社会时间分配密切相关。讨论了对此类评估和干预的未来研究和临床使用的影响。要求和僵化或重复行为的发生随着社会时间分配的改善而改变，并且与参与者的社会时间分配密切相关。讨论了对此类评估和干预的未来研究和临床使用的影响。要求和僵化或重复行为的发生随着社会时间分配的改善而改变，并且与参与者的社会时间分配密切相关。讨论了对此类评估和干预的未来研究和临床使用的影响。