Treating problem behaviors maintained by negative reinforcement

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 329-342

  Cipani, Ennio ^b   Spooner, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; REINFORCEMENT; TRAINING;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; ESCAPE REACTION; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 0030824093     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-4222(97)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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