BEHAVIORAL PERSISTENCE AND VARIABILITY DURING EXTINCTION OF SELF‐INJURY MAINTAINED BY ESCAPE
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 27 (1) , 173-174
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1994.27-173
Abstract
The self-injurious escape behavior of a developmentally disabled adult was treated with extinction. Results of a reversal design showed substantial bursts of responding when extinction was introduced and reintroduced: self-injury remained at a variable and elevated rate for some time before stable, low rates were observed. Data on aggression, a nontarget behavior during both baseline and treatment, showed a pattern similar to that seen for self-injury during the extinction conditions.Keywords
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