Citation

Derby KM, Fisher WW, Piazza CC. J. Appl. Behav. Anal. 1996; 29(1): 107-110.

Affiliation

Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Wiley-Blackwell)

DOI

10.1901/jaba.1996.29-107

PMID

8881350

PMCID

PMC1279879

Abstract

Self-restraint and self-injurious behavior (SIB) are two responses that can sometimes be members of the same functional response class (i.e., maintained by the same contingency). In such cases, a single treatment should be effective for both responses. In this investigation, we examined the effects of providing attention (the presumed reinforcer) both noncontingently and contingent upon either SIB or self-restraint. Results were consistent with our hypothesis that both responses were maintained by attention and suggested that noncontingent reinforcement was a potentially effective treatment.

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