@article{ref1,
title="Functional analysis and treatment of destructive behavior maintained by termination of "don't" (and symmetrical "do") requests",
journal="Journal of applied behavior analysis",
year="1998",
author="Fisher, W. W. and Adelinis, J. D. and Thompson, R. H. and Worsdell, A. S. and Zarcone, J. R.",
volume="31",
number="3",
pages="339-356",
abstract="We used descriptive assessment information to generate hypotheses regarding the function of destructive behavior for 2 individuals who displayed near-zero rates of problem behavior during an experimental functional analysis using methods similar to Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, and Richman (1982/1994). The descriptive data suggested that destructive behavior occurred primarily when caregivers issued requests to the participants that interfered with ongoing high-probability (and presumably highly preferred) behaviors (i.e., a &quot;don't&quot; or a symmetrical &quot;do&quot; request). Subsequent experimental analyses showed that destructive behavior was maintained by contingent termination of &quot;don't&quot; and symmetrical &quot;do&quot; requests but not by termination of topographically similar &quot;do&quot; requests. These results suggested that destructive behavior may have been maintained by positive reinforcement (i.e., termination of the &quot;don't&quot; request allowed the individual to return to a highly preferred activity). Finally, a treatment (functional communication training plus extinction) developed on the basis of these analyses reduced destructive behavior to near-zero levels.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-8855",
doi="10.1901/jaba.1998.31-339",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1998.31-339"
}