Toward a functional analysis of self-injury
| Autor: | Kenneth E. Bauman, Michael F. Dorsey, Gina S. Richman, Brian A. Iwata, Keith J. Slifer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Sociology and Political Science Adolescent Contingency management Poison control Social attention Stimulus (physiology) Environment Severity of Illness Index Developmental psychology Motivating operation Intellectual Disability Self-destructive behavior Intellectual disability Injury prevention Task Performance and Analysis medicine Humans Applied Psychology Social influence Rehabilitation Infant medicine.disease Philosophy Psychiatry and Mental health Child Preschool Female medicine.symptom Psychology Self-injurious behaviour Reinforcement Psychology Self-Injurious Behavior Fundamental assessment Clinical psychology Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of applied behavior analysis. 27(2) |
| ISSN: | 0021-8855 |
| Popis: | This study describes the use of an operant methodology to assess functional relationships between self-injury and specific environmental events. The self-injurious behaviors of nine developmentally disabled subjects were observed during periods of brief, repeated exposure to a series of analogue conditions. Each condition differed along one or more of the following dimensions: (1) play materials (present vs absent), (2) experimenter demands (high vs low), and (3) social attention (absent vs noncontingent vs contingent). Results showed a great deal of both between and within-subject variability. However, in six of the nine subjects, higher levels of self-injury were consistently associated with a specific stimulus condition, suggesting that within-subject variability was a function of distinct features of the social and/or physical environment. These data are discussed in light of previously suggested hypotheses for the motivation of self-injury, with particular emphasis on their implications for the selection of suitable treatments. |
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