Research has demonstrated that latency is a reasonable index of response strength in the functional analysis and treatment of behaviors targeted for reduction. The literature contains numerous examples of functional analyses emphasizing latency informing effective treatment for problem behavior in various scenarios. Latency measurement can improve the versatility of functional analyses by allowing researchers and practitioners to examine behaviors that are not amenable to a traditional functional analysis arrangement and conduct assessments in challenging environments. Although there have been several reviews of the functional analysis literature, to date none have specifically addressed functional analyses emphasizing latency measurement. Given the unique advantages of latency-based functional analyses, a systematic review could be beneficial to researchers and practitioners in behavior analysis. Therefore, we conducted a systematic literature review of research on functional analyses using latency to measure target behaviors. Our review included 79 cases across 27 empirical research articles. We present a summary of the extant literature, highlight strengths and limitations of the empirical foundations, provide clinical implications, and discuss future directions for research.

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功能分析中的延迟测量和针对减少行为的治疗

研究表明，在功能分析和针对减少行为的治疗中，潜伏期是反应强度的合理指标。文献中包含大量功能分析示例，强调延迟为各种场景中的问题行为提供有效处理。延迟测量允许研究人员和从业者检查不适合传统功能分析安排的行为并在具有挑战性的环境中进行评估，从而提高功能分析的多功能性。尽管对功能分析文献已有一些评论，但迄今为止还没有专门讨论强调延迟测量的功能分析。鉴于基于延迟的功能分析的独特优势，系统评价可能对行为分析的研究人员和从业者有益。因此，我们对使用延迟来衡量目标行为的功能分析研究进行了系统的文献综述。我们的综述包括 27 篇实证研究文章中的 79 个案例。我们总结了现有文献，强调了实证基础的优点和局限性，提供了临床意义，并讨论了未来的研究方向。