Premium
The combined effects of noncontingent reinforcement and punishment on the reduction of rumination
Author(s) -
DeRosa Nicole M.,
Roane Henry S.,
Bishop Jamie R.,
Silkowski Erica L.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1002/jaba.304
Subject(s) - rumination , reinforcement , punishment (psychology) , psychology , clinical psychology , intervention (counseling) , developmental psychology , functional analysis , multiple baseline design , audiology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , cognition , psychiatry , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
The current study extends the literature on the assessment and treatment of rumination through the evaluation of a combined reinforcement‐ and punishment‐based intervention. The study included a single participant with a history of rumination maintained by automatic reinforcement, as identified via a functional analysis. Both noncontingent reinforcement ( NCR ) with preferred edible items and punishment, in the form of a facial screen, were implemented separately to evaluate their independent effects on the occurrence of rumination. The final treatment package included both NCR and punishment procedures. Implementation of the combined treatment resulted in a 96.5% reduction in rumination relative to baseline. Procedural modifications and integrity errors also were evaluated.