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Reducing hoarding behavior with individualized reinforcement and item return
Author(s) -
Berry Cynthia L.,
Schell R. M.
Publication year - 2006
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.214
Subject(s) - hoarding (animal behavior) , reinforcement , psychology , hoarding disorder , clinical psychology , preference , cognition , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , feeding behavior , economics , microeconomics
Treatment research on hoarding is generally limited to people without intellectual disabilities who have symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder and respond favorably to cognitive‐based therapies. We evaluated the effects of individualized reinforcement and item return procedures on hoarding behavior in a multiple baseline across three persons with severe mental retardation. Systematic preference assessment procedures identified items used in the individualized reinforcement procedures. Reductions in hoarding behavior occurred for each person when individualized treatment and item return procedures were applied. These reductions were maintained when direct support staff were trained to provide treatment. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.