Citation

Lumley VA, Miltenberger RG, Long ES, Rapp JT, Roberts JA. J. Appl. Behav. Anal. 1998; 31(1): 91-101.

Affiliation

North Dakota State University, Fargo 58105, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Wiley-Blackwell)

DOI

10.1901/jaba.1998.31-91

PMID

9532753

PMCID

PMC1284101

Abstract

Programs to teach sexual abuse prevention skills to persons with mental retardation have rarely been evaluated empirically, and typical evaluations are limited to assessment of the participants' knowledge rather than their performance of specific skills. In the present study, 6 adult women with mental retardation were trained in sexual abuse prevention, and performance was assessed using four separate measures: pretests and posttests of knowledge, verbal report, role play, and naturalistic probes. All women learned the skills but failed to exhibit them to criterion during the probes. We discuss the implications for further training and assessment of sexual abuse prevention skills.

Language: en