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Clarifying an ambiguous functional analysis with matched and mismatched extinction procedures.

D E Kuhn1, I G DeLeon, W W Fisher

  • 1Neurobehavioral Unit, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|April 14, 1999
PubMed
Summary

Sensory extinction effectively treated self-injurious behavior (SIB), clarifying its function. Escape extinction alone did not reduce SIB, indicating sensory reinforcement as the primary maintaining factor.

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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Psychology
  • Applied Behavior Analysis

Background:

  • Self-injurious behavior (SIB) presents complex treatment challenges.
  • Functional analysis results were inconclusive regarding the maintaining variables for SIB (escape, sensory reinforcement, or both).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To clarify the function of SIB.
  • To compare the efficacy of escape extinction, sensory extinction, and combined treatments for SIB.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of escape extinction procedures.
  • Implementation of sensory extinction procedures.
  • Evaluation of combined escape and sensory extinction treatments.

Main Results:

  • Sensory extinction was a necessary and sufficient treatment for reducing SIB.

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  • Escape extinction alone failed to decrease SIB.
  • The study successfully differentiated the maintaining variables of SIB.

    • Conclusions:

    • Sensory reinforcement appears to be the primary function maintaining SIB in this case.
    • Sensory extinction is an effective and efficient treatment for SIB maintained by sensory reinforcement.
    • Further research may be needed to explore combined treatments for complex SIB cases.