TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Assessment of stimulus generalization gradients in the treatment of self-injurious behavior
JO  - Journal of applied behavior analysis
A1  - Lalli, J. S.
A1  - Mace, F. C.
A1  - Livezey, K.
A1  - Kates, Kelly
SP  - 479
EP  - 483
VL  - 31
IS  - 3
N2  - Descriptive and experimental analyses suggested that the self-injurious behavior (SIB) of a 10-year-old girl with severe mental retardation was maintained by attention. Additional analyses identified physical contact as the type of attention maintaining SIB; therefore, we hypothesized that physical proximity of an adult was a discriminative stimulus for SIB. Based on these findings, we systematically varied the distance between the participant and a therapist to assess stimulus generalization. Results showed that rates of SIB varied relative to the distance between the participant and therapist; the highest percentage of SIB occurred with the therapist positioned less than 0.5 m from the participant. Treatment consisted of placing the therapist at a specified distance (9.0 m) from the participant (during low-attention situations), noncontingent reinforcement, and extinction.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-8855
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1998.31-479
ID  - ref1
ER  -