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2026

Gilroy, Shawn P, Tincani, Matt, Podlesnik, Christopher A (2026). Recommendations and guidance for enhancing systematic reviews of single-case experimental design research. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 59(3). DOI: 10.1002/jaba.70064.

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applied behavior analysis
meta‐analysis
research synthesis
single‐case experimental design
systematic review

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2025

Gilroy, Shawn P, Rzeszutek, Mark J, Koffarnus, Mikhail N, Reed, Derek D, Hursh, Steven R (2025). Adaptive purchase tasks in the operant demand framework. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. DOI: 10.1037/pha0000757.

Keywords:

operant demand
purchase tasks
behavioral economics

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Gilroy, Shawn P, Tucker, Raymond P, Hill, Ryan M, Anestis, Michael D, Bryan, Craig J, Bauer, Brian W (2025). Conditions that increase the perceived likelihood of temporary restriction of firearm access: An investigation in male firearm owners. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 55(2). DOI: 10.1111/sltb.13149.

Keywords:

delay discounting
firearms
gun violence
safety planning
suicide

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Gilroy, Shawn P, Ledford, Jennifer R, Elliott, Tyler-Curtis C, Ayres, Kevin M, McGill, Felicia (2025). Extending the Single Case Analysis and Review Framework (SCARF-UI): A review and discussion. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 58(4). DOI: 10.1002/jaba.70033.

Keywords:

research synthesis
single-case design
systematic review
tutorial
visual analysis

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Levins, Parker, Gilroy, Shawn P (2025). Extending token economy systems with the operant demand framework. Journal of Behavioral Education, 34(4). DOI: 10.1007/s10864-024-09556-6.

Keywords:

Token economy
Operant demand
Reinforcer efficacy
Reinforcement
schedules
Unit price

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Waits, River A., Gilroy, Shawn P. (2025). Development and evaluation of a simultaneous bilingual communication intervention protocol for autistic children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 58(4). DOI: 10.1002/jaba.70038.

Keywords:

autism
culture
diversity
functional communication training
language

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2024

Tincani, Matt, Gilroy, Shawn P, Dowdy, Art (2024). Extensions of open science for applied behavior analysis: Preregistration for single-case experimental designs. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 57(4). DOI: 10.1002/jaba.2909.

Keywords:

applied behavior analysis
open science
preregistration
single-case experimental design

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2023

Gelino, Brett W., Salzer, Allyson R., Harsin, Joshua D., Naude, Gideon P., Gilroy, Shawn P., Reed, Derek D. (2023). Tobacco-free policy reduces combustible tobacco byproduct on a large university campus. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56(1). DOI: 10.1002/jaba.967.

Keywords:

behavior analysis
public health
public policy
tobacco
university policy

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Gilroy, Shawn P., McCleery, Joseph P., Leader, Geraldine (2023). A delayed intervention start randomized controlled trial of high- and low-tech communication training approaches for school-age autistic children with co-occurring intellectual disability. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56(3). DOI: 10.1002/jaba.989.

Keywords:

function-based AAC
speech-generating devices
autism
intellectual disability

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Gilroy, Shawn P., Hantula, Donald A. (2023). Exact solutions for area-based delay discounting analyses. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 31(4). DOI: 10.1037/pha0000638.

Keywords:

delay discounting
decision-making
integral calculus
exact solution

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Gilroy, Shawn P. (2023). Interpretation(s) of essential value in operant demand. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 119(3). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.845.

Keywords:

operant demand
behavioral economics
essential value
elasticity

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Podlesnik, Christopher A., Ritchey, Carolyn M., Waits, Jo, Gilroy, Shawn P. (2023). A Comprehensive Systematic Review of Procedures and Analyses Used in Basic and Preclinical Studies of Resurgence, 1970--2020. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 46(1). DOI: 10.1007/s40614-022-00361-y.

Keywords:

resurgence
relapse
basic research
preclinical research
data analysis
systematic review

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Traina, Ivan, Mannion, Arlene, Gilroy, Shawn P., Leader, Geraldine (2023). Systematic Review of Job Transition Programs Addressed to Youths With Intellectual Disability. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 29(2). DOI: 10.1177/14779714231170528.

Keywords:

evidence-based programs
curriculum
job-related skills
internship experiences
youth with intellectual disability
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Tucker, Raymond P., Powers, Jeff, Pardue-Bourgeois, Sarah, Oakey-Frost, Nicolas, Moscardini, Emma H., Gilroy, Shawn P., Capron, Daniel W., Bryan, Craig J., Anestis, Michael D. (2023). Vehicle Firearm Storage: Prevalence and Correlates in a Sample of Male Firearm Owners. Archives of Suicide Research, 27(2). DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2021.2020698.

Keywords:

Firearm
intolerance of uncertainty
suicide
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Waits, Jodie A., Choi, Kwon, Gilroy, Shawn P. (2023). A Systematic Review and Reflection on the Dimensions of Diversity Represented in Behavior Analytic Research. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 10(4). DOI: 10.1007/s40489-022-00312-y.

Keywords:

gender
race
ethnicity
diversity
cultural competency

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2022

Gilroy, Shawn P., Waits, Jodie A., Kaplan, Brent A. (2022). Applications of operant demand to treatment selection I: Characterizing demand for evidence-based practices. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 117(1). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.731.

Keywords:

behavioral economics
substitution
evidence-based practices
pseudoscience
consumer behavior analysis

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Gilroy, Shawn P., Feck, Cassie C. (2022). Applications of operant demand to treatment selection II: Covariance of evidence strength and treatment consumption. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 117(2). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.735.

Keywords:

behavioral economics
evidence-based practices
operant demand
substitution
empirical public policy

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Gilroy, Shawn P., Picardo, Rochelle (2022). Applications of operant demand to treatment selection III: Consumer behavior analysis of treatment choice. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 118(1). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.758.

Keywords:

consumer behavior analysis
behavior economics
public policy
evidence-based practices

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Gilroy, Shawn P. (2022). Hidden equivalence in the operant demand framework: A review and evaluation of multiple methods for evaluating nonconsumption. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 117(1). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.724.

Keywords:

behavioral economics
operant demand
consumption
zero bound

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Gilroy, Shawn P., Strickland, Justin C., Naude, Gideon P., Johnson, Matthew W., Amlung, Michael, Reed, Derek D. (2022). Beyond Systematic and Unsystematic Responding: Latent Class Mixture Models to Characterize Response Patterns in Discounting Research. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 16. DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.806944.

Keywords:

discounting
mixed-effects models
statistical analysis
non-systematic data
latent factor

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Leader, Geraldine, Dooley, Emma, Whelan, Sally, Gilroy, Shawn P., Chen, June L., Farren Barton, Autumn, Coyne, Rory, Mannion, Arlene (2022). Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms, Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Sleep Problems, Challenging Behavior, Adaptive Behavior, and Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 25(4). DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2021.1964005.

Keywords:

autism spectrum disorder
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
sleep problems
quality of life
challenging behavior
gastrointestinal symptoms
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2021

Gilroy, Shawn P., Tucker, Raymond P., Bauer, Brian W., Patros, Connor H. G. (2021). Contemporary methods in delayed discounting: Applications for suicidology with simulation. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 51(1). DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12666.

Keywords:

discounting
behavioral economics
suicidal behavior
behavioral therapy

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Gilroy, Shawn P., Waits, Jodie A., Feck, Cassie (2021). Extending stimulus preference assessment with the operant demand framework. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(3). DOI: 10.1002/jaba.826.

Keywords:

behavioral economics
reinforcer efficacy
stimulus preference assessment

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Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A., Schwartz, Lindsay P., Reed, Derek D., Hursh, Steven R. (2021). A zero-bounded model of operant demand. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 115(3). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.679.

Keywords:

operant demand
behavioral economics
decision making
quantitative modeling

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Kaplan, Brent A., Franck, Christopher T., McKee, Kevin, Gilroy, Shawn P., Koffarnus, Mikhail N. (2021). Applying Mixed-Effects Modeling to Behavioral Economic Demand: An Introduction. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 44(2). DOI: 10.1007/s40614-021-00299-7.

Keywords:

behavioral economics
demand
mixed-effects model
multilevel model
operant
behavioral science
purchase task
R programming language

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Leader, Geraldine, O'Reilly, Mairead, Gilroy, Shawn P., Chen, June L., Ferrari, Chiara, Mannion, Arlene (2021). Co-morbid Feeding and Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Challenging Behavior, Sensory Issues, Adaptive Functioning and Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 24(1). DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2020.1770354.

Keywords:

feeding problems
autism spectrum disorder
gastrointestinal symptoms
challenging behaviors
sensory issues
quality of life
adaptive behavior

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Lewis, Elizabeth M., Heimberg, Richard G., Gilroy, Shawn P., Buckner, Julia D. (2021). The Impact of Brief Mindfulness Training on Post-event Processing Among Individuals With Clinically Elevated Social Anxiety. Behavior Therapy, 52(4). DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2020.10.002.

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Ritchey, Carolyn M., Mizutani, Yuto, Kuroda, Toshikazu, Gilroy, Shawn, Podlesnik, Christopher A. (2021). Examining effects of training duration on humans' resurgence and variability using a novel touchscreen procedure. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 116(3). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.716.

Keywords:

resurgence
variability
extinction
training duration
university students
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2020

Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A., Reed, Derek D. (2020). Interpretation(s) of elasticity in operant demand. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 114(1). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.610.

Keywords:

elasticity
operant demand
mathematical modeling
behavioral economics

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Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A. (2020). Modeling Treatment-Related Decision-Making Using Applied Behavioral Economics: Caregiver Perspectives in Temporally-Extended Behavioral Treatments. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 48(5). DOI: 10.1007/s10802-020-00619-6.

Keywords:

behavioral economics
treatment adherence
caregiver decision-making
delay discounting

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Hannula, Courtney, Jimenez-Gomez, Corina, Wu, Weizhi, Brewer, Adam T., Kodak, Tiffany, Gilroy, Shawn P., Hutsell, Blake A., Alsop, Brent, Podlesnik, Christopher A. (2020). Quantifying errors of bias and discriminability in conditional-discrimination performance in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Learning and Motivation, 71. DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2020.101659.

Keywords:

autism spectrum disorder
bias
children
conditional discrimination
discriminability
errors
matching to sample

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Kuroda, Toshikazu, Gilroy, Shawn P., Cancado, Carlos R.X., Podlesnik, Christopher A. (2020). Effects of punishing target response during extinction on resurgence and renewal in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behavioural Processes, 178. DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104191.

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resurgence
renewal
punishment
zebrafish

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Leader, Geraldine, Tuohy, Elaine, Chen, June L., Mannion, Arlene, Gilroy, Shawn P. (2020). Feeding Problems, Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Challenging Behavior and Sensory Issues in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50(4). DOI: 10.1007/s10803-019-04357-7.

Keywords:

autism spectrum disorder
feeding problems
gastrointestinal symptoms
comorbidity
sensory issues
challenging behavior
comorbid psychopathology
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2019

Gilroy, Shawn P., Ford, Haley L., Boyd, R. Justin, O'Connor, Julia T., Kurtz, Patricia F. (2019). An Evaluation of Operant Behavioural Economics in Functional Communication Training for Severe Problem Behaviour. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 22(8). DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2019.1646342.

Keywords:

behavioral economics
demand curve
functional communication training
demand fading
reinforcer assessment

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Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A., Reed, Derek D., Hantula, Donald A., Hursh, Steven R. (2019). An exact solution for unit elasticity in the exponential model of operant demand.. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 27(6). DOI: 10.1037/pha0000268.

Keywords:

behavioral economics
reinforcer efficacy
exact solution
computer software
simulation

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Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A. (2019). Furthering Open Science in Behavior Analysis: An Introduction and Tutorial for Using GitHub in Research. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 42(3). DOI: 10.1007/s40614-019-00202-5.

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Kaplan, Brent A., Gilroy, Shawn P., Reed, Derek D., Koffarnus, Mikhail N., Hursh, Steven R. (2019). The R package beezdemand: Behavioral Economic Easy Demand. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 42(1). DOI: 10.1007/s40614-018-00187-7.

Keywords:

behavioral economics
demand
R programming language
behavioral science
purchase task
free and open source software

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Kirkpatrick, Bernadette, Gilroy, Shawn P., Leader, Geraldine (2019). Qualitative study on parents' perspectives of the familial impact of living with a child with autism spectrum disorder who experiences insomnia. Sleep Medicine, 62. DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.01.032.

Keywords:

insomnia
autism
family
social exclusion
anxiety
qualitative methods
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2018

Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A., Reed, Derek D., Koffarnus, Mikhail N., Hantula, Donald A. (2018). The Demand Curve Analyzer: Behavioral economic software for applied research. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 110(3). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.479.

Keywords:

software
open source
demand
behavioral economics

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Gilroy, Shawn P., Hantula, Donald A. (2018). Discounting model selection with area-based measures: A case for numerical integration. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 109(2). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.318.

Keywords:

delay discounting
Bayesian methods
decision-making
software
numerical integration

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Gilroy, Shawn P., Leader, Geraldine, McCleery, Joseph P. (2018). A pilot community-based randomized comparison of speech generating devices and the picture exchange communication system for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 11(12). DOI: 10.1002/aur.2025.

Keywords:

autism spectrum disorder
picture exchange communication system
augmentative and alternative communication
technology

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Gilroy, Shawn Patrick, Kaplan, Brent A., Leader, Geraldine (2018). A Systematic Review of Applied Behavioral Economics in Assessments and Treatments for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 5(3). DOI: 10.1007/s40489-018-0136-6.

Keywords:

behavioral economics
reinforcer efficacy
behavior analysis
autism
developmental disabilities

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Mathews, Therese L., Vatland, Christopher, Lugo, Ashley M., Koenig, Elizabeth A., Gilroy, Shawn P. (2018). Training Peer Models to Promote Social Skills: Considerations for Practice. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 33(3). DOI: 10.1177/1088357617735814.

Keywords:

performance feedback
autism spectrum disorders
social skills
socialization
peer models
behavioral skills training
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2017

Gilroy, Shawn P., Franck, Christopher T., Hantula, Donald A. (2017). The discounting model selector: Statistical software for delay discounting applications. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 107(3). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.257.

Keywords:

Bayesian methods
discounting
decision making
software
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Gilroy, Shawn P., McCleery, Joseph P., Leader, Geraldine (2017). Systematic Review of Methods for Teaching Social and Communicative Behavior with High-Tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication Modalities. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 4(4). DOI: 10.1007/s40489-017-0115-3.

Keywords:

autism
technology
communication
socialization
evidence-based practice

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2016

Gilroy, Shawn P., Hantula, Donald A. (2016). Inherently irrational? A computational model of escalation of commitment as Bayesian Updating. Behavioural Processes, 127. DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2016.02.017.

Keywords:

escalation
computer simulation
decision-making
Bayes theorem
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2015

Gilroy, Shawn P., Lorah, Elizabeth R., Dodge, Jessica, Fiorello, Catherine (2015). Establishing deictic repertoires in autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 19. DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2015.04.004.

Keywords:

relational responding
perspective-taking
autism
relational frame theory
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2014

Lorah, Elizabeth R., Gilroy, Shawn P., Hineline, Philip N. (2014). Acquisition of peer manding and listener responding in young children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8(2). DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2013.10.009.

Keywords:

mand
listener responding
picture communication
peer manding
autism
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Lorah, Elizabeth R., Crouser, Julie, Gilroy, Shawn P., Tincani, Matt, Hantula, Donald (2014). Within Stimulus Prompting to Teach Symbol Discrimination Using an iPad Speech Generating Device. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 26(3). DOI: 10.1007/s10882-014-9369-1.

Keywords:

mand
speech-generating device
voice output communication aid
autism
stimulus discrimination
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2013

Lorah, Elizabeth R., Tincani, Matt, Dodge, Jessica, Gilroy, Shawn, Hickey, Anna, Hantula, Donald (2013). Evaluating Picture Exchange and the iPadTM as a Speech Generating Device to Teach Communication to Young Children with Autism. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 25(6). DOI: 10.1007/s10882-013-9337-1.

Keywords:

autism
mand
picture exchange
speech-generating device
voice output communication aid
augmentative and alternative communication
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2012

Wine, Byron, Gilroy, Shawn, Hantula, Donald A. (2012). Temporal (In)Stability of Employee Preferences for Rewards. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 32(1). DOI: 10.1080/01608061.2012.646854.

Keywords:

behavior economics
preference
human services
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