Response Blocking With and Without Redirection for the Treatment of Pica
Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: Although response blocking can decrease problem behavior, one potential adverse side effect is the induction of aggression. In the current study, we report on a young adult who engaged in high rates of pica maintained by automatic reinforcement. Blocking pica, however, led to aggression. When redirection to an alternative preferred food item was added to an intervention consisting of response blocking, pica was effectively treated without increasing aggression.
Authors: Louis P. Hagopian, John D. Adelinis
Institutions: Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2006184665