Behavior classes of behavior-analytic practices on depressive behaviors identified in literature

Authors

  • Patricia El Horr de Moraes Federal University of São Carlos image/svg+xml Author
  • Gabriel Gomes de Luca Federal University of Paraná image/svg+xml Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31505/rbtcc.v20i2.1025

Keywords:

depression, depressive behaviors, clinical practice, behavior-analytic psychotherapy

Abstract

The professional practice of a psychotherapist is constituted by a set of behavior classes that involve characterizing intervention needs, planning, performing, evaluating, improving the intervention, and reporting the findings. The purpose of this study was to identify behavior classes of the professional practice of a behavior-analytic therapist when working with depressive behaviors in the clinical context. Three sources of information were selected (two articles and a book chapter), and eight steps were taken to identify behavior classes and categorize them according to general classes of a clinical intervention. A total of 399 behavior classes names were proposed, with the majority (98%) constituting the general classes “Characterizing needs”, “Planning intervention”, and “Executing intervention”. The proposition of behavior classes increases the probability of their development in formal contexts of teaching. The lack of representativeness of other general classes suggests that producing knowledge about the processes that constitute them is warranted.

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Author Biographies

  • Patricia El Horr de Moraes, Federal University of São Carlos
    Mestrado em Psicologia em andamento pela UFSCAR e graduação em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Gabriel Gomes de Luca, Federal University of Paraná
    Doutor em Psicologia pela UFSC, 2013. Professor do Departamento de Psicologia e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

Published

2018-08-06

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Section

Artigos históricos, interpretativos, teóricos, conceituais ou de discussão profissional

How to Cite

Behavior classes of behavior-analytic practices on depressive behaviors identified in literature. (2018). Brazilian Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 20(2), 53-75. https://doi.org/10.31505/rbtcc.v20i2.1025