Title |
TOWARD A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF SELF‐INJURY
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Published in |
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, February 2013
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DOI | 10.1901/jaba.1994.27-197 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Brian A. Iwata, Michael F. Dorsey, Keith J. Slifer, Kenneth E. Bauman, Gina S. Richman |
Abstract |
This study describes the use of an operant methodology to assess functional relationships between self-injury and specific environmental events. The self-injurious behaviors of nine developmentally disabled subjects were observed during periods of brief, repeated exposure to a series of analogue conditions. Each condition differed along one or more of the following dimensions: (1) play materials (present vs absent), (2) experimenter demands (high vs low), and (3) social attention (absent vs noncontingent vs contingent). Results showed a great deal of both between and within-subject variability. However, in six of the nine subjects, higher levels of self-injury were consistently associated with a specific stimulus condition, suggesting that within-subject variability was a function of distinct features of the social and/or physical environment. These data are discussed in light of previously suggested hypotheses for the motivation of self-injury, with particular emphasis on their implications for the selection of suitable treatments. |
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