Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Uma Análise da Pesquisa Aplicada, Intervenção Social e Relevância Científica
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https://doi.org/10.30612/revpsi.v2i2.20881Resumo
O Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) é uma abordagem de intervenção comportamental fundamentada na Análise do Comportamento Aplicada (ABA), voltada à promoção de mudanças comportamentais sustentáveis em contextos institucionais. No entanto, sua caracterização metodológica como uma extensão da ABA tem sido alvo de críticas. Com o objetivo de identificar debates conceituais recentes sobre as relações entre PBIS e ABA, o presente estudo propôs uma discussão acerca da pesquisa aplicada, da intervenção social e da relevância científica do PBIS, a partir de: (a) uma análise histórica do desenvolvimento do PBIS à luz das exigências da pesquisa comportamental; e (b) uma revisão de literatura (2015–2025) realizada nas bases APA PsycINFO, Academic Search Premier e ScienceDirect, utilizando as expressões de busca “PBIS” AND “Behavior Analysis”. Essa busca resultou na seleção de quatro artigos recentes, cujo conteúdo foi contrastado com as
contribuições clássicas de Skinner e de Johnston e Pennypacker. Conclui-se que, embora o PBIS não represente uma metodologia “tradicional” da ABA, constitui uma das mais bem-sucedidas formas de engenharia comportamental em larga escala, configurando-se como uma extensão socialmente relevante da análise do comportamento.
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