Critchfield, T. S. (1999).
An unexpected effect of recording frequency in reactive self-monitoring.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
32, 389-391.
Two young competitive swimmers self-monitored their swimming
using three different frequencies of recording. Contrary to the
findings of previous studies, in which greater reactivity was
associated with more frequent recording, swimming appeared to
increased (compared to an instructions-only baseline) only with
the least frequent of the recording schedules. The results
highlight the importance of matching recording procedures to the
performance of interest.
DESCRIPTORS: _self-monitoring, children, swimming