A brief method for conducting a negative-reinforcement assessment

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-124

  Zarcone, Jennifer R ^a   Crosland, Kimberly ^b   Fisher, Wayne W ^b   Worsdell, April S ^b   Herman, Kelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033067036     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-4222(98)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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