Reducing Self-Injurious Behavior of Severely Retarded Individuals through Withdrawal of Reinforcement Procedures
- 1 October 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Behavior Modification
- Vol. 1 (4), 499-516
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014544557714004
Abstract
Self-injurious behavior is a serious problem among some of the profoundly and severely retarded. In Experiment I a retarded male was exposed to a contingent withdrawal of reinforcement procedure in an attempt to suppress his self-abusive behavior. Vibratory stimulation was used as the reinforcer. In Experiment II differential reinforcement of other behavior and contingent withdrawal of vibration were used to decrease the self-injurious behavior of a retarded girl. The results of both experiments indicated that vibratory stimulation can serve as an effective reinforcer for severely retarded individuals, and the contingent withdrawal of reinforcement can produce response suppression similar to that found under an application of aversive stimulus procedure.Keywords
This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
- PUNISHMENT OF SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR USING AROMATIC AMMONIA AS THE AVERSIVE STIMULUSJournal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1975
- REDUCING AGGRESSIVE AND SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR OF INSTITUTIONALIZED RETARDED CHILDREN THROUGH REINFORCEMENT OF OTHER BEHAVIORS1Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1974
- Intermittent token reinforcement and response maintenance in extinctionBehavior Therapy, 1973
- A COMPARISON OF PROCEDURES FOR ELIMINATING SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR OF RETARDED ADOLESCENTS1Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1971
- MANIPULATION OF SELF‐DESTRUCTION IN THREE RETARDED CHILDREN1Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1969
- Behavior modification of an autistic childBehavioral Science, 1969
- Vibration as a reinforcer with a profoundly retarded child1Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1969
- The use of positive reinforcement in the control of self-destructive behavior in a retarded boyJournal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1968
- THE EFFECTS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF PUNISHING THE AUTISTIC BEHAVIORS OF A DEVIANT CHILD1Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1968
- SUGGESTED GERMAN TRANSLATIONS OF EXPRESSIONS IN THE FIELD OF OPERANT CONDITIONINGJournal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1960