EFFECTS OF WARNING STIMULI FOR REINFORCER WITHDRAWAL AND TASK ONSET ON SELF‐INJURY | Zendy

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EFFECTS OF WARNING STIMULI FOR REINFORCER WITHDRAWAL AND TASK ONSET ON SELF‐INJURY

Author(s) -

Mace Amy Boyajian,

Shapiro Edward S.,

Mace F. Charles

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.1998.31-679

Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , extinction (optical mineralogy) , task (project management) , audiology , developmental psychology , autism , cognitive psychology , social psychology , medicine , paleontology , economics , biology , management

Results of a functional analysis of self‐injurious behavior (SIB) in a child with autism showed that her SIB was maintained by access to preferred objects and escape or avoidance of task demands. Extinction and noncontingent reinforcement treatments were supplemented by presenting a statement combined with a picture cue at 30‐s intervals indicating that a preferred object would be removed or a task would be presented. Warning stimuli in combination with extinction and noncontingent reinforcement reduced SIB to acceptable levels. SIB rates remained comparatively high in a control condition consisting of a 2‐min delay to onset of reinforcer removal or task demands.

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