Date of Award

12-2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Behavioral Analysis

First Advisor

David A. Wilder

Second Advisor

Andressa Sleiman

Third Advisor

Patrick D. Converse

Abstract

Feedback is a common behavioral intervention to address performance issues in a variety of settings. Feedback has been heavily studied in organizational behavior management; most of this research has focused on the parameters of feedback delivery and behaviors of the feedback provider that impact the effectiveness of the feedback delivered. However, only two studies to date have examined how to teach individuals to effectively receive feedback. The current study investigated the efficacy of task clarification and feedback to teach appropriate feedback reception skills to individuals. One participant met mastery criteria of the feedback reception skills with task clarification alone, while two participants required an additional intervention component, performance feedback, to reach mastery criteria. The results of this study show that task clarification was effective in initially increasing feedback reception skills across all participants, however, additional components may be necessary to maintain performance increases. Implications of the present study are discussed and suggestions for future research in the area of feedback reception skills are provided.

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