Relative influences of establishing operations and reinforcement contingencies on self-injurious behavior during functional analyses

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 451-461

  Worsdell, April S ^a   Iwata, Brian A ^a   Conners, Juliet ^a   Kahng, Sung Woo ^a,b   Thompson, Rachel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Establishing operation; Functional analysis; Self injurious behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT;

ADULT; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034573643     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2000.33-451     Document Type: Article

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