THE FUNCTIONS OF SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR: AN EXPERIMENTAL‐EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 215-240

  Iwata, Brian A ^a   Pace, Gary M ^a   Dorsey, Michael F ^a   Zarcone, Jennifer R ^a   Vollmer, Timothy R ^a   Smith, Richard G ^a   Rodgers, Teresa A ^a   Lerman, Dorothea C ^a   Shore, Bridget A ^a   Mazaleski, Jodi L ^a   Goh, Han‐Leong ^a   Cowdery, Glynnis Edwards ^a   Kalsher, Michael J ^a   McCosh, Kay C ^a   Willis, Kimberly D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; functional analysis; self injurious behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REINFORCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TYPES OF STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTINCTION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028455172     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: 19383703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1994.27-215     Document Type: Article

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