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Functional analysis and treatment of bizarre vocalizations exhibited by an adult with schizophrenia: a replication and extension
Author(s) -
Wilder David A.,
White Holly,
Yu Michael L.
Publication year - 2003
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/bin.128
Subject(s) - psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , extinction (optical mineralogy) , differential reinforcement , reinforcement , functional analysis , replication (statistics) , population , developmental psychology , neuroscience , audiology , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , environmental health , virology , gene , biology
A functional analysis suggested that the bizarre vocalizations exhibited by a woman with a diagnosis of schizophrenia were maintained by attention. A treatment consisting of awareness training, competing response training, differential reinforcement of the competing response, and attention extinction was effective in reducing bizarre vocalizations. The use of self‐management based treatment components with this population and target behavior is discussed. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.