The ''Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis'' (JABA) is a quarterly

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which publishes empirical research related to

applied behavior analysis Applied behavior analysis (ABA), also called behavioral engineering, is a psychological intervention that applies empirical approaches based upon the principles of respondent and operant conditioning to change behavior of social significance.S ...

. It was established in 1968 and is published by

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on behalf of the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. The

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is Linda A LeBlanc. Common areas of research in JABA include: functional analysis and treatment of severe behavior disorders, classroom instruction in

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and

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, early and intensive behavioral interventions for children with

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, voucher-based

contingency management Contingency management (CM) is the application of the three-term contingency (or operant conditioning), which uses stimulus control and consequences to change behavior. CM originally derived from the science of applied behavior analysis (ABA), bu ...

in the treatment of

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, and pediatric feeding therapy.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2014

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of 1.088.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Behaviorism journals Delayed open access journals Publications established in 1968 Quarterly journals Wiley-Blackwell academic journals Psychotherapy journals

Abstracting and indexing

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