Behavioral Analysis Performa

1. Initial Analysis
a) BEHAVIORAL EXCESS: frequency, duration, intensity& occurrence of various
conditions when its socially sanctioned frequency approached zero.
b) BEHAVIORAL DEFECIT: sufficient, frequency, adequate intensity, appropriate form
and socially expected conditions.
c) BEHAVIORAL ASSET: (Non-Problematic Behavior)

Any segment of the patient’s activities can be used as an area for building up new behaviors.

2. CLARIFICATION OF PROBLEM SITUATION

3. MOTIVATIONAL ANALYSIS:
a) How does the patient rank various incentives in their importance to him?
b) Hoe frequent and regular have been his successes with these reinforcements?
c) Under what specific conditions do each of these reinforcers arouse goal directed
activities (behavior)?
d) Do his actions correspond with his verbal statements?
e) Which persons have the greatest influence over his current behavior?
f) Can the patient relate reinforcement contingencies to his own behavior? Or to
uncontrollable factors?
g) In immediate day today life or in the future, what are the fears and consequences
he avoids, the risks which he does not take.
h) Would a treatment program require that the patient give up current satisfaction
associated with his problems?
i) Which events of known reinforcing value can be utilized for learning new
interpersonal skills during the treatment?

4. DEVELOPMENTAL ANALYSIS:
a) Biological changes
b) When did these limitations develop? How has he had treatment? How did it affect
his life?
c) How did these problems limit response to treatment? Or resolution of his
problems.
5. SOCIOLOGICAL CHANGES:
1. What are the most characteristic features of the patient’s present sociocultural
milieu?
2. Have there have changes in this milieu which are pertinent to his current behavior.
3. What attitudes does he have about these changes?
4. Are these role conflicts between the value systems of the patient’s early and adult
social environment?
5. How can identified sociological factors in the patient’s behavior be brought into
the treatment program?

6. BEHAVIORAL CHANGES:

1. Premorbid level
2. Identify events in patient’s life seem relevant to these changes.
3. A) was there emergence of new behavior?
B) change in frequency of behaviors.
C) Nonoccurrence of previous behaviors?

4. Under what conditions were the changes first noticed? Have they extended to
other social settings?
5. Were the behavioral changes associated with the patient’s exposure to
significant individuals from whom the learned new patterns of reinforcement?
– who reinforces
- Who creates problem?

b) How do the participants influence each other.

c) What does the patient expect of these people in words or in action?
d) How can the people who can influence the patient participated in
treatment?
7.ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIAL CULTURAL PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT?

a) What are the norms in the patient’s social milieu for the behaviors about which there is
complaint?

b) Are there norms similar in various environment?

c) What are the limitations in the patient’s environment? Which reduces his opportunities for
reinforcement?

d) In which portion of the environment is the patient’s problematic behavior most apparent or
troublesome or accepted?

e) Is there support in his milieu for the changes in attitudes and values which successful
psychotherapy may remove.