Citation

Toussaint KA, Tiger JH. J. Appl. Behav. Anal. 2012; 45(1): 179-184.

Affiliation

MUNROE-MEYER INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Wiley-Blackwell)

DOI

10.1901/jaba.2012.45-179

PMID

22403463

PMCID

PMC3297340

Abstract

Covert self-injurious behavior (i.e., behavior that occurs in the absence of other people) can be difficult to treat. Traditional treatments typically have involved sophisticated methods of observation and often have employed positive punishment procedures. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of a variable momentary differential reinforcement contingency in the treatment of covert self-injury. Neither positive punishment nor extinction was required to produce decreased skin picking.

Language: en