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A comparison of noncontingent reinforcement, other competing stimulation, and liquid rescheduling for the treatment of rumination
Author(s) -
Wilder David A.,
Draper Robin,
Williams W. L.,
Higbee Thomas S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
behavioral interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1099-078X
pISSN - 1072-0847
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-078x(199704)12:2<55::aid-bin167>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - rumination , psychology , reinforcement , stimulation , intervention (counseling) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychological intervention , psychotherapist , audiology , social psychology , cognition , neuroscience , psychiatry , medicine
Modified versions of three popular nonaversive treatments for rumination in a person with profound developmental delay were evaluated using an alternating treatments design (ATD) as a component of an ABAB design. Results showed that the most effective intervention involved noncontingent feeding every 20 s for the 30 min immediately following a meal. Further analysis demonstrated that no significant increase in rumination occurred during the 60 min after the treatment procedure had expired, thus indicating that rumination was not merely postponed. Results are discussed in terms of their relation to currently popular (satiation) interventions for the treatment of rumination in individuals with developmental disability. Future research needs are proposed from an analysis of known behavioral and physiological variables and their possible interactions. ©1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.