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FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR AND ITS RELATION TO SELF‐RESTRAINT
Author(s) -
Rooker Griffin W.,
Roscoe Eileen M.
Publication year - 2005
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.2005.12-05
Subject(s) - psychology , self destructive behavior , reinforcement , functional analysis , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , injury prevention , poison control , social psychology , medicine , medical emergency , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Some individuals who engage in self‐injurious behavior (SIB) also exhibit self‐restraint. In the present study, a series of three functional analyses were conducted to determine the variables that maintained a participant's SIB, one without restraint items available, one with a preferred and effective form of self‐restraint (an airplane pillow) available noncontingently, and one with this item delivered contingent on SIB. Results suggested that SIB was reinforced by escape and by access to self‐restraint materials, self‐restraint appeared to be maintained by automatic reinforcement, and continuous access to highly preferred restraint materials effectively suppressed SIB.