EXAMPLE OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR

Historical Variables Variables Behaviors of interest Consequences of Behavior Hypothesis

External: Biological and Social Motor or behavioral Motor and Behavioral Of maintenance
Variables
After 6 years of relationship He finds out about his wife's feel desperation Catastrophic thoughts keep you in a
and 2 of married, Biological: 27-year- infidelity He confronts his wife, she denies the state of alteration, and blockhis
Martin HE old patient. Married infidelity, he distrusts her. ability of resolution of
learned of infidelity on the part problems, lacks emotional clarity,
of her spouse via e-mail, the has a deficit in thinking of a
event occurred three weeks Social: shape further
ago. Profession: engineer in The patient goes to his They give you different points of view. realistic about the fault that his wife
His couple I agree the telecommunications parents, in-laws and friends He doesn't know what to decide, he committed, as well as the behaviors
infidelity, since at first he Is feels more confused. that he carried out and that
employee in a
denied it. Aiming of organization according to your He can't fall asleep at night and cries. promoted his wife's actions to a
sort out, No can concentrate in his certain extent.
profession.
Martín consulted with his job.
parents and in-laws, who He relates to his nuclear family From solution:
asked him to consider his (both parents) He frequents To the extent that the person
decision and give himself a some Talk frequently He wakes her up at night to continue the exercises their skills of
new opportunity with his friends and co-workers. at night with his wife about talk. problem solving and applying
partner, respectively. Has relationship with what happened. His wife is upset as she has to get up restructuring
Also ha consulted their early to go to work. cognitively, the individual will be
with his friends, who advised inlaws. more skilled at managing the
him I finished the situation, lowering their level of
relationship. emotional disturbance and therefore
At one point he decided to proposing solutions and thus
leave home, but not having reaching an agreement regarding
Martín decides to leave the But in the end he returns home because
where stay, the actions they will take with their
house. he has nowhere to go.
He returned to his partner. partner.
He continues to question his wife.

Cognitive Cognitive
He thinks she acts as if nothing
has happened. He believes that she is not sorry. He
thinks his plans have fallen apart.
He doesn't know what to do with his life.
He thinks what she did is unfair.
Physiological (it is the body
that that reaction to of
involuntarily)