TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Analysis of unexpected disruptive effects of contingent food reinforcement on automatically maintained self-injury
JO  - Journal of applied behavior analysis
A1  - Rooker, Griffin W.
A1  - Hagopian, Louis P.
A1  - Haddock, Jennifer N.
A1  - Arevalo, Alexander R.
A1  - Bonner, Andrew C.
A1  - Dillon, Christopher M.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Research has identified treatment-responsive and treatment-resistant subtypes of automatically maintained self-injurious behavior (ASIB) based on patterns of responding in the functional analysis (FA) reflecting its sensitivity to disruption by alternative reinforcement, and the presence of self-restraint. Rooker et al. (2019) unexpectedly observed reductions in treatment-resistant self-injury while participants performed an operant task. The current study further examined this in nine participants with treatment-resistant ASIB in an example of discovery-based research. An operant task engendering high rates of responding (switch-pressing) to produce food, reduced self-injury across all participants, and eliminated self-injury for some participants under certain schedules. Although this finding must be replicated and evaluated over longer time periods, it provides some evidence that alternative reinforcement can disrupt self-injury in these treatment-resistant subtypes under some conditions. Reinforcer and response competition are discussed as possible mechanisms underlying these disruptive effects, as are the potential implications of these findings regarding treatment.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-8855
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jaba.875
ID  - ref1
ER  -