@article{ref1,
title="Analysis of unexpected disruptive effects of contingent food reinforcement on automatically maintained self-injury",
journal="Journal of applied behavior analysis",
year="2021",
author="Rooker, Griffin W. and Hagopian, Louis P. and Haddock, Jennifer N. and Arevalo, Alexander R. and Bonner, Andrew C. and Dillon, Christopher M.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Research has identified treatment-responsive and treatment-resistant subtypes of automatically maintained self-injurious behavior (ASIB) based on patterns of responding in the functional analysis (FA) reflecting its sensitivity to disruption by alternative reinforcement, and the presence of self-restraint. Rooker et al. (2019) unexpectedly observed reductions in treatment-resistant self-injury while participants performed an operant task. The current study further examined this in nine participants with treatment-resistant ASIB in an example of discovery-based research. An operant task engendering high rates of responding (switch-pressing) to produce food, reduced self-injury across all participants, and eliminated self-injury for some participants under certain schedules. Although this finding must be replicated and evaluated over longer time periods, it provides some evidence that alternative reinforcement can disrupt self-injury in these treatment-resistant subtypes under some conditions. Reinforcer and response competition are discussed as possible mechanisms underlying these disruptive effects, as are the potential implications of these findings regarding treatment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-8855",
doi="10.1002/jaba.875",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jaba.875"
}