THE EFFECTS OF CONTINGENT AND NONCONTINGENT ATTENTION ON SELF‐INJURY AND SELF‐RESTRAINT
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 29 (1) , 107-110
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1996.29-107
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.Keywords
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