Treatment of pica through multiple analyses of its reinforcing functions

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-189

  Piazza, Cathleen C ^a,b   Fisher, Wayne W ^a   Hanley, Gregory P ^a   LeBlanc, Linda A ^a   Worsdell, April S ^a   Lindauer, Steven E ^a   Keeney, Kris M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic reinforcement; Functional analysis; Multiply controlled behavior; Pica; Preference assessments

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PICA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PROCEDURES, TECHNIQUES AND CONCEPTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PICA; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT, SOCIAL;

EID: 0032086359     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1998.31-165     Document Type: Article

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