@article{ref1,
title="Self-injury in the profoundly retarded: clinically significant versus therapeutic control",
journal="Journal of mental deficiency research",
year="1980",
author="Singh, N. N. and Dawson, M. J. and Gregory, P. R.",
volume="24",
number="2",
pages="87-97",
abstract="Two experiments investigated the effects of behavioural interventions on the self-injurious behaviour of two profoundly retarded girls who had a long history of such behaviour. In the first experiment, response-contingent aromatic ammonia was used as the aversive stimulus to reduce the high frequency of face-slapping and face-hitting in a deaf and blind girl. In the second experiment an overcorrection procedure was used to control jaw-hitting in another girl. In both cases, the treatments resulted in near-zero levels of self-injury. However, complete suppression of self-injury was not achieved. The results are discussed in terms of clinically significant versus therapeutic control of self-injurious behaviour in institutionalised profoundly retarded persons.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-264X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}