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Peer reviewedKahng, SungWoo; Iwata, Brian A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1998
A study compared effects of continuous reinforcement (play) and alone conditions as controls during functional analyses for 66 individuals whose self-injurious behavior (SIB) was maintained by escape. SIB was lower during both control conditions than it was during the test (demand) condition. SIB was lowest during the alone condition. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Mental Retardation
Mossman, Dominique A.; Hastings, Richard P.; Brown, Tony – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2002
Sixty mediators from British schools for children with mental retardation watched one of five matched videos depicting no self-injury, self-injury maintained by positive reinforcement, self-injury maintained by negative reinforcement, and self-injury unrelated to social events. Self-injury maintained by negative reinforcement was associated with…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Response, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDay, H. Michael; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
Functional analyses of problem behaviors were performed with three individuals with severe intellectual disabilities. Results indicated that the problem behaviors were maintained either when the behavior resulted in escape from difficult tasks or when the behavior resulted in access to preferred items. Training in functionally equivalent…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Communication Skills
