Coaches were pair-matched to ensure that similar coaches (in terms of the average group step counts accumulated by their players during the baseline training sessions) were randomised into each arm of the study.
Two sessions were conducted daily: one in which prompts, token reinforcers, and verbal praise for the youth's social behavior were presented (baseline and training sessions), and one in which prompts were absent and only verbal praise was presented (probe sessions).
The experimental sessions included pre-training session, training session, and post-training session.
The program (salpingectomy on the LapSim) consisted in 10 sessions (sessions 1 3: familiarization with the simulator, session 4: baseline test, sessions 5 9: training, session 10: after training test).
Animals were first trained to drink milk while contacting the thermode set to a temperature at 37°C for baseline training (N = 5 sessions) and animals were considered trained when their intake is ≥ 10 g of reward milk, as described previously [ 39].
Baseline freezing levels from the training session (prior to shock delivery) are shown for comparison.
Self-reported pain after training did not change from training session 1 (baseline) to training session 5 (median difference 0, p = 0.170, n = 65).
Once written consent is received, researchers will gather baseline information and plan the training session with groups of up to six participants.
During the first training session the baseline role security and therapeutic commitment of the providers were discussed and presumptions towards hazardous and harmful levels of alcohol consumption were addressed.
Novices performed all five tasks once during baseline testing, the training sessions, and the final testing.
Consequently, the novices had completed all tasks a total of seven times by the end of the study (one baseline test, five training sessions, one final test).
