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USING NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT TO INCREASE SELF‐FEEDING IN A CHILD WITH FOOD SELECTIVITY
Author(s) -
Vaz Petula C. M.,
Volkert Valerie M.,
Piazza Cathleen C.
Publication year - 2011
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.2011.44-915
Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , intervention (counseling) , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychiatry
We examined the effects of a negative reinforcement‐based treatment on the self‐feeding of 1 child with food selectivity by type and texture. Self‐feeding increased when the child could choose to either self‐feed 1 bite of a target food or be fed 1 bite of the target food and 5 bites of another food. Possible mechanisms that underlie the effectiveness of the intervention and implications for future research are discussed.