Examining the Relationship Between Heart Rate and Problem Behavior: A Case Study of Severe Skin Picking in Prader-Willi Syndrome
| Autor: | Scott S. Hall, Kristin M. Hustyi, Jennifer L. Hammond |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Monitoring Ambulatory Audiology Severity of Illness Index Developmental psychology Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Heart Rate Self-destructive behavior Heart rate Severity of illness Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Skin-picking Child Reinforcement Skin nutritional and metabolic diseases General Medicine Actigraphy Psychiatry and Mental health Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Psychology Prader-Willi Syndrome Reinforcement Psychology Self-Injurious Behavior Functional analysis (psychology) |
| Zdroj: | American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. 118:460-474 |
| ISSN: | 1944-7558 1944-7515 |
| DOI: | 10.1352/1944.7558-118.6.460 |
| Popis: | Few studies have examined the relationship between heart rate and self-injurious behavior (SIB) shown by individuals with IDD (intellectual and developmental disabilities). In this single-case study, we simultaneously monitored heart rate and activity levels during a functional analysis of severe skin picking behavior exhibited by a young man with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). Results of the functional analysis indicated that the participant's skin picking was maintained by automatic reinforcement. A within-session analysis of the data indicated that skin picking bouts resulted in an increase in heart rate, suggesting a positive- automatic reinforcement function. These data indicate that inclusion of heart rate and activity-level monitoring during a functional analysis may provide important additional information concerning the determinants of SIB. |
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