How to Use Time-Out to Discipline a Noncompliant Child More Effectively? What Study Suggests

1. Time-out is the most effective strategy to enhance preschoolers' compliant behaviors. Subjects were assessed under baseline conditions and then under one of four experimental conditions: giving attention, time out, giving attention plus time out, or control group. The results indicated that only time out contributed to compliance acquisition.

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2. Within-room time-out requires more administration than out-of-room time-out. "Both out-of-room and within-room time-out reduced oppositional behavior and increased compliance… the within-room approach required significantly more administration of time-out than the out-of-room technique.”

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3. Warned time-out is effective to increase children’s compliance and reduce the actual time-outs: "Warnings which specified the command to be followed and labeled the time-out procedures were equally effective at increasing child compliance compared to non-warned time-out. However, warned time-out procedures were associated with fewer actual time-outs than unwarned time-out procedures.

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