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RESPONSE BLOCKING WITH AND WITHOUT REDIRECTION FOR THE TREATMENT OF PICA
Author(s) -
Hagopian Louis P.,
Adelinis John D.
Publication year - 2001
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.2001.34-527
Subject(s) - pica (typography) , aggression , blocking (statistics) , psychology , reinforcement , intervention (counseling) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , computer science , world wide web , computer network
Although response blocking can decrease problem behavior, one potential adverse side effect is the induction of aggression. In the current study, we report on a young adult who engaged in high rates of pica maintained by automatic reinforcement. Blocking pica, however, led to aggression. When redirection to an alternative preferred food item was added to an intervention consisting of response blocking, pica was effectively treated without increasing aggression.