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. 2022 Sep 1;45(4):819–861. doi: 10.1007/s40614-022-00358-7

Table 2.

Summary of Maintenance following the Removal of the Token Economy

Attempting to Increase or Decrease Target Behavior? Maintenance Category Source Dependent Variable Average Values at Each Condition % Change from Baseline Values Provided by Authors or Calculated?*
Baseline Treatment Follow-Up
Decrease Natural Environment/Alternative Reinforcers Reisinger (1972) Crying Frequency 29 2 3 90% Calculated
Fading Carton and Schweitzer (1996) Intervals Noncompliant 7.3 0.22 1 86% Provided
Thinning Mottram et al. (2002) P1 % Disruptive Behavior 54% 12% 9% 83% Provided
Thinning Nilsson (1976) Soiling Frequency 1.97 0.41 0.37 81% Calculated
Combination of Maintenance Strategies Jones and Kazdin (1975) % Inappropriate Motor Movement 62.20% 30% 12.30% 80% Provided
Thinning Mottram et al. (2002) P3 % Disruptive Behavior 54% 14% 11% 80% Provided
Thinning Musser et al. (2001) P1 % Disruptive Behavior 39% 9% 9% 77% Provided
Thinning Mottram et al. (2002) P2 % Disruptive Behavior 59% 16% 16% 73% Provided
Token Economy Not Entirely Removed Frederiksen and Frederiksen (1975) Disruptions 0.39 0.21 0.11 72% Calculated
Thinning Musser et al. (2001) P3 % Disruptive Behavior 36% 12% 11% 69% Provided
Combination of Maintenance Strategies Hislop et al. (1973) % Inappropriate Behavior 52% 40.27% 17.20% 67% Provided
Thinning Musser et al. (2001) P2 % Disruptive Behavior 36% 9% 12% 67% Provided
Combination of Maintenance Strategies Turkewitz et al. (1975) Disruptive Behavior/20-s Interval 1.33 0.43 0.6 55% Provided
Natural Environment/Alternative Reinforcers Elliott et al. (1979) NOISE Score (Withdrawal) 23.9 18.9 14.6 39% Provided
Thinning Kuypers et al. (1968) % Problem Behavior 54% 27.80% 41.50% 23% Provided
Token Economy Not Entirely Removed Santogrossi et al. (1973) Disruptive Behavior/20-s Interval 1.5 0.3 1.2 20% Calculated
Thinning Evans (1976) Hair Pulls Frequency 2.14 0 No Baseline Data Provided Calculated
Increase Combination of Maintenance Strategies Kazdin and Polster (1973) Interactions/day 0.8 11 10.06 1157.50% Provided
Combination of Maintenance Strategies Rosenstein and Price (1994) Time to eat (minutes) on average 3 14.94 18.22 507.33% Calculated
Combination of Maintenance Strategies Novak and Hammond (1983) Reading problems completed (mean) 1.58 9.21 7.74 389.87% Provided
Natural Environment/Alternative Reinforcers Chadwick and Day (1971) Problem solved/min 1.4 3.35 5.5 292.86% Provided
Combination of Maintenance Strategies Wood and Flynn (1978) Items correct out of 15 3.35 12 12.55 275% Provided
Thinning McGinnis et al. (1999) Michael—time on math 27% 100% 100% 270.37% Calculated
Combination of Maintenance Strategies Cohen et al. (1979) Accuracy % 31% 65% 80% 158.06% Provided
Combination of Maintenance Strategies Walker et al. (1976) appropriate behavior % 47% 78% 95% 102.13% Provided
Thinning Butler (1979) Percentage Scores 44% 77% 84% 90.91% Provided
Token Economy Not Entirely Removed Hersen et al. (1972) # of points earned 10.39 16.64 18.77 80.65% Calculated
Thinning Fox and Roseen (1977) Mean oz. consumed 9.13 12.17 16 75.25% Calculated
Combination of Maintenance Strategies Campbell and Willis (1978) Test Scores 5.4 8.19 9.22 70.74% Calculated
Natural Environment/Alternative Reinforcers Chadwick and Day (1971) Problems correct % 50% 70% 73% 46% Provided
Combination of Maintenance Strategies Barker et al. (1978) Group success rate % 66.67% 89.65% 95.59% 43.38% Calculated
Natural Environment/Alternative Reinforcers Shogren et al. (2011) Appropriate intervals % 68.36% 90.50% 92.50% 35.31% Provided
Natural Environment/Alternative Reinforcers Elliott et al. (1979) Social Interest- NOISE Score 21.5 30 28.6 33.02% Provided
Token Economy Not Entirely Removed Frederiksen and Frederiksen (1975) On task % 73.25 94.17 96.63 31.92% Calculated
Fading Sullivan & O'Leary (1990) On task % 54.57% 79.60% 71.38% 30.80% Calculated
Combination of Maintenance Strategies Walker and Buckley (1972) appropriate behavior % 53.91% 90% 70.09% 30.01% Provided
Combination of Maintenance Strategies Cohen et al. (1979) On Task % 59.50% 92% 70% 17.65% Provided
Natural Environment/Alternative Reinforcers Elliott et al. (1979) Competence- NOISE Score 45.5 54.9 52.1 14.51% Provided
Natural Environment/Alternative Reinforcers Fuoco et al. (1988) Scores (percentage) 71.45 90 80.55 12.74% Provided
Natural Environment/Alternative Reinforcers Chadwick and Day (1971) At work % 39% 57% 42% 7.69% Provided
Thinning McGinnis et al. (1999) Charlie—Time spend on math 35.70% 92.20% 15% -42.02% Calculated
Thinning Fernandez et al. (1973) Percent improvement 0 66.55% 69.60% No Baseline Data Provided Provided
Natural Environment/Alternative Reinforcers Reisinger (1972) Smiling frequency 0 23 19 No Baseline Data Provided Calculated
Token Economy Not Entirely Removed Phillips et al. (1971) # of items completed 396 359.17 No Baseline Data Provided Calculated

Summary of treatment maintenance across all studies, sorted by largest change from baseline at follow-up. Individual subject data was included for studies that did not average across participants. Data was not provided and therefore not calculable for Nay and Legum, L. (1976), Aho (1978), Hanel and Martin (1980), Mendham and Thorne (1984), and Miller and Dermer (1979)

*Data not provided by authors was hand-calculated using graphs included in the manuscript. Therefore, calculated data is subject to error.