Treatment of escape-maintained behavior with positive reinforcement: The role of reinforcement contingency and density

Education and Treatment of Children

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-401

  Ingvarsson, Einar T ^a   Hanley, Gregory P ^b   Welter, Katherine M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbus Organization ^*  (United States)

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EID: 68149137842     PISSN: 07488491     EISSN: 19348924     Source Type: Journal    
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