Citation

Zarcone JR, Iwata BA, Hughes CE, Vollmer TR. J. Appl. Behav. Anal. 1993; 26(1): 135-136.

Affiliation

University of Florida.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Wiley-Blackwell)

DOI

10.1901/jaba.1993.26-135

PMID

8473253

PMCID

PMC1297727

Abstract

An individual's self-injurious escape behavior was treated using a high-probability instructional sequence with and without extinction. When presented alone, the high-probability sequence did not reduce self-injurious behavior. When escape extinction was implemented either alone or in combination with the high-probability sequence, self-injury decreased and compliance increased, suggesting that extinction may be a necessary component of the treatment for behavior problems maintained by escape.

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