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Open research questions in Behavioral and Psychological Studies

890 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 6,486 Behavioral and Psychological Studies papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

What the literature leaves open

  • There is a need to investigate the indirect associations between treatment condition and outcomes via intermediate variables in children with DBD. The study aims to address the gap in the current literature by examining the effects of ScouT and STARK on DBD symptoms.

    Mediation of Treatment Effects in Problem-Focused Social Skills Training versus Resource Activation for Children with Disruptive Behavior Problems: A Cross-Sectional Analysis · 2026 · DOI

  • small sample of 12 state leadership team members, - loss of state funding for some teams, - limited capacity to provide on-going district and school support

    Leveraging State-Level Partnerships to Scale-Up Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports in U.S. Schools · 2026 · DOI

  • lack of adequate capacity to support implementation in regions, districts, and schools within states - limitations in state funding for PBIS implementation - need for cross-state supports and networks to facilitate sharing of materials and resources

    Leveraging State-Level Partnerships to Scale-Up Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports in U.S. Schools · 2026 · DOI

  • limited funding for family members and advocates, - contract-by-contract nature of the partnership, - somewhat limited pool of family advocates and consumers

    Role of an Intermediary Organization and State Government Partnership to Advance Practice and Policy in Children’s Behavioral Health · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of understanding of how to develop and sustain effective partnerships between researchers, policymakers, and decision-makers. The gap in infrastructure to support children's behavioral health services. The need for translational communications to inform policymakers and providers.

    Role of an Intermediary Organization and State Government Partnership to Advance Practice and Policy in Children’s Behavioral Health · 2026 · DOI

  • Testing additional mechanisms that may complement existing approaches, - Examining the effects of critical thinking training on prejudice in different contexts, - Investigating the role of internalized motivation to respond without prejudice in reducing prejudice

    Targeted Critical Thinking Intervention Reduces Prejudice Against Lesbians and Gay Men: The Moderating Role of Internalized Motivation to Respond Without Prejudice · 2026 · DOI

  • Existing interventions have limited effects, - Intervention effects are often modest and context dependent, - There is a need to test additional mechanisms to reduce prejudice against lesbians and gay men

    Targeted Critical Thinking Intervention Reduces Prejudice Against Lesbians and Gay Men: The Moderating Role of Internalized Motivation to Respond Without Prejudice · 2026 · DOI

  • The prevalence of such methods in recent studies for children with EBD remains unclear.

    Measures Validating the Behavior Intervention for Children With or At-Risk for Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: A Review · 2026 · DOI

  • However, little is known about how in-service teachers implement a range of these strategies.

    Special Educators’ Use of Behavior Support Strategies for Students With Behavior Intervention Plans · 2026 · DOI

  • However, the differential impact of these traits on responses to social versus non-social stimuli, and the variation of these effects across implicit and explicit tasks, remains unclear.

    The differential impact of autistic traits on implicit and explicit approach-avoidance tendencies toward social and non-social stimuli · 2026 · DOI

  • Recommendations for future research, policy, and practice are discussed to guide the collaborative teaming process for FBA-BIP development for students with EBD, as well as limitations of this study.

    Team Membership and Behavior Plan Quality: Participation of Mental Health Professionals, Behavior Specialists, and Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders · 2026 · DOI

  • Difficulties with study skills are often reported in children with specific learning disabilities (SLDs), yet few studies have examined how strategy use relates to learning outcomes.

    Use and Coherence of Study Skills and Learning-Strategy Knowledge in Typically Developing Children and Children With Specific Learning Disabilities · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research is needed to expand upon the preliminary findings from the present study.

    Challenging Behavior Interventions in Home-Based Early Childhood Services: A Qualitative Study Exploring Staff Experiences · 2025 · DOI

  • However, due to issues with study design, the structure of inhibitory processes and their specific relations to academic and behavioral outcomes remains unclear.

    Examining the dimensions of inhibition and its relations to early academic skills and externalizing behaviors in a preschool-age sample · 2025 · DOI

  • There is little known about the behavior intervention plan (BIP) team composition for students with intellectual disability, developmental delay, and/or autism (i.

    Who Is on the BIP Development Team for Students with IDD? A Case Study of One School District · 2025 · DOI

  • The results from this study offer limited evidence that providing schools with technical assistance to improve organizational capacity is associated with more positive student perceptions of school climate.

    Associations between a technical assistance model to build school organizational capacity and improvements in student perceptions of school climate · 2024 · DOI

  • However, the effects of reinforcement schedules on the spatial dimensions of the target behavior and other behaviors have not been fully investigated.

    Multidimensional Analysis of Pigeons’ Behavior under Ratio and Interval Schedules Using a Video Tracking System: A Pilot Study · 2024 · DOI

  • Results suggest mixed findings for graph manipulation on the estimated magnitude of the treatment effect.

    Investigation of Two Preliminary Analysis-Altering Elements: Ordinate Scaling and DPPXYR · 2024 · DOI

  • In their review of research, Goldstein and Pentz ( 1984) concluded that a very substantial proportion of therapeutic change is limited to the therapy or training setting, with minimal &dquo;real-life&dquo; value accruing to the participating patients.

    An Activity Group Intervention for School Children With Behavioral Problems · 1987 · DOI

  • Consequently, the use of a 3-minute period of free recall, or variations thereof, at the conclu- sion of lectures in order to enhance student absorp- tion of content should be investigated as an addi- tional or alternative procedure.

    Using the Pause Procedure to Enhance Lecture Recall · 1987 · DOI

  • Future research should examine the feasibility of fading the number of pretask requests. Future research should examine the social validity of the procedure in various integrated settings, as well as a method of fading the number of pretask requests.

    Using Pretask Requests to Increase the Probability of Compliance for Students with Severe Disabilities · 1987 · DOI

  • Finally, although this investigation was con­ ducted in a sheltered work setting, the need to examine the effects of self-instruction training in competitive work environments is warranted.

    An Analysis of the Effects of a Social Skills Training Program Using Self-Instructions on the Acquisition and Generalization of Two Social Behaviors in a Work Setting · 1987 · DOI

  • Furthermore, the representativeness of the sample was limited to a single geographic region and to students with severe handicapping conditions.

    Current Practices in the Assessment of Students with Severe Handicaps · 1987 · DOI

  • Small g r o up applications could e n h a n ce substantially t he cost- effectiveness of this a p p r o a ch a nd should be studied in the future.

    Facilitating the Acquisition of Sensorimotor Behavior with a Microcomputer-Mediated Teaching System: An Experimental Analysis · 1987 · DOI

  • Contingency manage- ment techniques alone are insufficient for increasing desired behaviors and decreasing • • • Downloaded from foa.

    Curriculum as a Behavior Management Tool for Students with Autism · 1987 · DOI

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