Noncontingent and differential reinforcement in the treatment of pediatric feeding problems.

Autor: Berth DP; University of North Carolina Wilmington., Bachmeyer MH; University of North Carolina Wilmington., Kirkwood CA; University of North Carolina Wilmington., Mauzy CR 4th; University of North Carolina Wilmington., Retzlaff BJ; University of North Carolina Wilmington., Gibson AL; University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of applied behavior analysis [J Appl Behav Anal] 2019 Jul; Vol. 52 (3), pp. 622-641. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 10.
DOI: 10.1002/jaba.562
Abstrakt: We conducted functional analyses of the inappropriate mealtime behavior of 5 children diagnosed with feeding problems. Then, we compared the effects of differential and noncontingent reinforcement, and the relative effects of escape extinction with and without differential or noncontingent reinforcement, when escape extinction appeared necessary. Both reinforcement procedures were effective without escape extinction to treat food refusal for 1 child, but only differential reinforcement was effective without escape extinction to treat the child's liquid refusal. Escape extinction was necessary for 4 of 5 children. The addition of positive reinforcement resulted in beneficial effects (i.e., more stable acceptance, decreased inappropriate mealtime behavior or negative vocalizations) with 3 of 4 children. With escape extinction, differential reinforcement was more effective to treat food refusal for 2 children and noncontingent reinforcement was more effective for 1 child.
(© 2019 Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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