Analysis and Intervention of Self-Injurious Behavior
Year: 1982
Type: article
Abstract: This research utilized combined multitreatment and multiple baseline designs to determine the relative influences of task demands, vibration, and a brief overcorrection procedure on two topographies of self-injurious behavior in one 16-year-old retarded male. Results showed that: (1) under high demand conditions only one topography of self-injury displayed systematic change (increased frequency), (2) under a vibration condition with no demands both topographies decreased from baseline levels, and (3) a 30-second overcorrection procedure was successful in virtually eliminating self-injury at initial implementation and at a 1-year follow-up. Social validity measures confirmed the findings of response suppression and, additionally, increases in social play behavior. These data suggest that the self-injurious behaviors within one person, may be controlled by more than one stimulus condition.
Author: V. Mark Durand
Institutions: State University of New York, Stony Brook University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W24935601