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Self-restraint as positive reinforcement for self-injurious behavior. University of North Texas, USA. See commentary "On the function of self-restraint and its relationship to self-injury." on page 93. This article has been cited by other articles in PMC.Abstract Many individuals who engage in self-injurious behavior (SIB) also exhibit self-restraint. We compared rates of SIB exhibited by a 32-year-old woman diagnosed with profound retardation across conditions in which access to restraint was (a) continuously available, (b) presented as a consequence for SIB, or (c) unavailable. Rates of SIB increased when access to restraint was contingent upon SIB and decreased when restraint was unavailable, suggesting that self-restraint functioned as positive reinforcement for SIB. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (379K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References. Selected References These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
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