Effectiveness of Self-Monitoring Interventions: The Effects on Safe Bus Operation
Self-monitoring has been employed in a variety of settings including residential care facilities, schools, and weight loss clinics to change the performance of employees, teachers, students, and others. The nature of self-monitoring makes it particularly well suited as a staff management procedure f...
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| Summary: | Self-monitoring has been employed in a variety of settings including residential care facilities, schools, and weight loss clinics to change the performance of employees, teachers, students, and others. The nature of self-monitoring makes it particularly well suited as a staff management procedure for the lone worker. The current study employed a multiple baseline across participants to investigate the effects of self-monitoring and conspicuous observation on the safe bus operation of 8 city coach operators. The introduction of self-monitoring resulted in a 57% increase in complete stopping for all participants that faded after an average of 7 sessions for 6 of the 8 participants. The addition of conspicuous observers produced an additional 24% improvement for all participants – all of which reached 100% correct on at least one occasion during this phase. Results of the present investigation indicate that self-monitoring may serve as an effective behavioral intervention to increase short-term performance, but additional interventions may be required to produce sustained behavior change. === A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. === Fall Semester, 2003. === February 21, 2003. === Safety, Lone Worker, Behavio, r Behavior-Based Safety, Driver, Transportation, Bus === Includes bibliographical references. === Jon S. Bailey, Professor Directing Thesis; Ellen Berler, Committee Member; Jack Brigham, Committee Member; Tom Welsh, Committee Member. |
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