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Delineating subtypes of self-injurious behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement.

Louis P Hagopian1,2, Griffin W Rooker1,2, Jennifer R Zarcone1,2

  • 1THE KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|July 31, 2015
PubMed
Summary

This study proposes three subtypes of automatically reinforced self-injurious behavior (SIB) to improve understanding and intervention. Identifying these subtypes may lead to more effective treatments for SIB.

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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Clinical psychology

Background:

  • Self-injurious behavior (SIB) is maintained by automatic reinforcement in approximately 25% of cases.
  • Automatically reinforced SIB is less understood than socially reinforced SIB and often treated as a single category.
  • Subtyping automatically reinforced SIB could enhance intervention development and biological understanding.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To categorize automatically reinforced SIB into distinct functional subtypes.
  • To investigate potential differences across these subtypes based on response patterns and self-restraint.
  • To provide a basis for developing more targeted interventions for SIB.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 39 individuals with automatically reinforced SIB.
Keywords:
automatic reinforcementfunctional analysisself-injurious behavior

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  • Comparison with 13 individuals with socially reinforced SIB.
  • Categorization based on functional analysis response patterns and presence of self-restraint.

    • Main Results:

    • Automatically reinforced SIB was categorized into 3 distinct subtypes.
    • Differences were observed across subtypes in treatment data.
    • Preliminary support for the proposed subtyping model was found.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed subtyping model for automatically reinforced SIB shows preliminary support.
    • Further research is warranted to validate these subtypes and their clinical implications.
    • Subtyping may facilitate the development of more effective, targeted interventions for SIB.