On the effectiveness of and preference for punishment and extinction components of function-based interventions

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-65

  Hanley, Gregory P ^a   Piazza, Cathleen C ^b   Fisher, Wayne W ^b   Maglieri, Kristen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversive; Choice; Concurrent chains; Developmental disabilities; Evidence based values; Functional analysis; Functional communication training; Punishment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUNISHMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUNISHMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 23044446625     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2005.6-04     Document Type: Article

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