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. 1994 Fall;27(3):423–433. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1994.27-423

Programming for survival: a meeting system that survives 8 years later.

T M Welsh 1, L K Miller 1, D E Altus 1
PMCID: PMC1297824  PMID: 7928787

Abstract

Effective and useful interventions often deteriorate when researchers withdraw their direct supervision. We tested the survival of an intervention designed to produce effective weekly meetings in a student housing cooperative without direct researcher supervision. Chairperson performance, proposals completed per hour, and ratings of chairperson performance all increased when resident staff used a training manual, prompting checklist, and performance reviews. Eight years of follow-up revealed continuing high levels of meeting effectiveness. This study demonstrates a methodology for the direct observation and experimental analysis of intervention survival.

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