SELF‐RESTRAINT AS POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT FOR SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 29 (1) , 99-102
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1996.29-99
Abstract
Many individuals who engage in self-injurious behavior (SIB) also exhibit self-restraint. We compared rates of SIB exhibited by a 32-year-old woman diagnosed with profound retardation across conditions in which access to restraint was (a) continuously available, (b) presented as a consequence for SIB, or (c) unavailable. Rates of SIB increased when access to restraint was contingent upon SIB and decreased when restraint was unavailable, suggesting that self-restraint functioned as positive reinforcement for SIB.Keywords
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