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BEHAVIORAL PERSISTENCE AND VARIABILITY DURING EXTINCTION OF SELF‐INJURY MAINTAINED BY ESCAPE
Author(s) -
Goh HanLeong,
Iwata Brian A.
Publication year - 1994
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 - 10.1901/jaba.1994.27-173
Subject(s) - extinction (optical mineralogy) , persistence (discontinuity) , psychology , aggression , self destructive behavior , developmental psychology , audiology , clinical psychology , poison control , injury prevention , medicine , biology , medical emergency , paleontology , geotechnical engineering , engineering
The self‐injurious escape behavior of a developmentally disabled adult was treated with extinction. Results of a reversal design showed substantial bursts of responding when extinction was introduced and reintroduced: self‐injury remained at a variable and elevated rate for some time before stable, low rates were observed. Data on aggression, a nontarget behavior during both baseline and treatment, showed a pattern similar to that seen for self‐injury during the extinction conditions.