An ecological analysis of A-B and its relationship to field dependences

✍ Scribed by James E. Goggin; Abraham Flemenbaum; Dwane Anderson

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 590 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(198001)36:1<195::aid-jclp2270360124>3.0.co;2-a

✦ Synopsis

have suggested that a moratorium on A-B research deserves serious consideration. I n anticipation of this possibility, and to attem t to clarify the confusing findin s with regard to the nature of A-B and tge relationships of. A-B and Fiel! Dependence, the authors initiated this study of the ecological framework of a psychiatric ward and the role charactenstics of both staff and atients (N = 99). The results of the study sup orted the two major hypotieses that were derived from a functional rtnabsis of the demand characteristics for both patients and staff on an inpatient psychiatric unit. First, it was found that the staff scored higher on type A characteristics than on type B characteristics, and, second, it w w found that the patients scored higher on type B characteristics than on type A characteristics.