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Roane Study Object Mouthing

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Roane, et al. studied object mouthing and noncontingent access to food across a classroom, a playroom, and an outdoor environment. The experimental design used for this study was a single-subject design. Roane, et al. assessed one child, Jason, across fourteen ten-minute sessions. The study measured the frequency count, which was later converted into rate, Jason participated in object mouthing. Rate was determined by dividing the number of either object mouthing or food consumption occurred by ten minutes (the length of the session) (2003, p.580). Roane, et al., defined object mouthing as, “place of an inedible object past the plane of the lips” (2003, p. 580). The reliability data that was collected was 33%, which is below the coefficient

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