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THE EFFECTS OF CONTINGENT AND NONCONTINGENT ATTENTION ON SELF‐INJURY AND SELF‐RESTRAINT

1996; Wiley; Volume: 29; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1901/jaba.1996.29-107

1938-3703

K. Mark Derby, Wayne W. Fisher, Cathleen C. Piazza,

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Self‐restraint and self‐injurious behavior (SIB) are two responses that can sometimes be members of the same functional response class (i.e., maintained by the same contingency). In such cases, a single treatment should be effective for both responses. In this investigation, we examined the effects of providing attention (the presumed reinforcer) both noncontingently and contingent upon either SIB or self‐restraint. Results were consistent with our hypothesis that both responses were maintained by attention and suggested that noncontingent reinforcement was a potentially effective treatment.