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PLAY VERSUS ALONE CONDITIONS AS CONTROLS DURING FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES OF SELF‐INJURIOUS ESCAPE BEHAVIOR
Author(s) -
Kahng SungWoo,
Iwata Brian A.
Publication year - 1998
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.1998.31-669
Subject(s) - psychology , self destructive behavior , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , poison control , injury prevention , medicine , medical emergency
We compared the effects of continuous reinforcement (play) and alone conditions as controls during functional analyses for 66 individuals whose self‐injurious behavior (SIB) was maintained by escape. In every case, SIB was lower during both control conditions than it was during the test (demand) condition. However, SIB was lowest during the alone condition more often than it was during the play condition. Circumstances under which the alone condition might serve as an alternative or more suitable control for escape‐maintained problem behaviors are discussed.