TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1978//
TI  - The use of physical restraint in the treatment of self-injury and as positive reinforcement
JO  - Journal of applied behavior analysis
A1  - Favell, J. E.
A1  - McGimsey, J. F.
A1  - Jones, M. L.
SP  - 225
EP  - 241
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
N2  - Two experiments investigated the effects of a treatment package on the self-injurious behavior of three profoundly retarded persons who appeared to enjoy the physical restraints used to prevent their self-injury. The treatment package included physically restraining subjects contingent on increasing periods of time during which no self-injury occurred, and providing them with toys and attention during intervals between restraints. A reversal and multiple-baseline analysis documented that the rapid and complete reduction in self-injury by all subjects was due to this treatment package. Because these results suggested that physical restraint might function as a positive reinforcer, in a third experiment physical restraint was applied contingent on a marble placement response with one subject. A reversal design demonstrated that toy play systematically increased when each response resulted in restraint. The experiments have implications for the nonaversive remediation of self-injury in individuals who are restrained, as well as for the development and maintenance of self-injury in natural settings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-8855
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1978.11-225
ID  - ref1
ER  -