Rapid assessment of the effects of restraint on self-injury adaptive behavior

Authors
Wallace, MD Iwata, BA Zhou, LM Goff, GA
Citation
Md. Wallace et al., Rapid assessment of the effects of restraint on self-injury adaptive behavior, J APPL BE A, 32(4), 1999, pp. 525-528
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
ISSN journal
00218855 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
525 - 528
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8855(199924)32:4<525:RAOTEO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We evaluated the effects of restraint on occurrences of self-injurious beha vior (SIB) and adaptive responses exhibited by 2 individuals across eight r esponse-effort conditions: baseline (no restraints); restraint sleeves with out stays; restraints with 5, 10, 15, 20, or 25 thin metal stays; and restr aints with five thick metal stays. From this analysis, we identified a rest raint level for each participant that reduced SIE but did not inhibit adapt ive responding.