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    J Appl Behav Anal. 1996 Spring;29(1):107-10.

    The effects of contingent and noncontingent attention on self-injury and self-restraint.

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    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.

    Abstract

    Self-restraint and self-injurious behavior (SIB) are two responses that can sometimes be members of the same functional response class (i.e., maintained by the same contingency). In such cases, a single treatment should be effective for both responses. In this investigation, we examined the effects of providing attention (the presumed reinforcer) both noncontingently and contingent upon either SIB or self-restraint. Results were consistent with our hypothesis that both responses were maintained by attention and suggested that noncontingent reinforcement was a potentially effective treatment.

    PMID:
    8881350
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC1279879
    Free PMC Article

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