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ANALOGUE FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH TARDIVE DYSKINESIA
Author(s) -
Valdovinos Maria G.,
Roberts Celeste,
Kennedy Craig H.
Publication year - 2004
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.2004.37-391
Subject(s) - tardive dyskinesia , psychology , dyskinesia , developmental psychology , reinforcement , tics , neuroscience , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , social psychology , medicine , disease , pathology , parkinson's disease
We studied whether movements associated with tardive dyskinesia (TD) served operant functions in 2 men with developmental disabilities. We found that TD‐related movements occurred more frequently in the alone and attention conditions and less frequently in control and demand conditions. Our findings suggest that TD‐related movements may not be maintained by social reinforcers and that decreases in TD movements are possibly a result of engagement in activities that are incompatible with TD movements.