A clinician is probing for answers to the questions as to why a behavior continues to persist, even though there seems to be no obvious reinforcement patterns evident. The clinician is interested in determining

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Maintaining factors are those elements that continue to support the existence of a behavior even when it is not immediately clear how or why. These factors can be subtle and not always obvious, which is why the clinician is probing for answers to understand the persistence of the behavior in question.

A Clinician Is Probing for Answers to the Questions as to Why