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  • Title: Comparison of three procedures in reducing self-injurious behavior.
    Author: Lucero WJ, Frieman J, Spoering K, Fehrenbacher J.
    Journal: Am J Ment Defic; 1976 Mar; 80(5):548-54. PubMed ID: 1275004.
    Abstract:
    In the present study the effects of withdrawal of food, withdrawal of attention, and the simultaneous withdrawal of food and attention on the rate of self-injurious behavior of three profoundly retarded girls during mealtime were investigated. The two treatments that prevented eating led to a marked reduction of self-injurious behavior. Application of the method allowing continuation of eating (withdrawal of attention) resulted in an increased rate of two subjects' self-injurious behavior and had little effect on the rate of self-injurious behavior of the third. An analysis of the data suggests that contingent interruption of meal consumption can reduce the behavior and that rates of self-injurious behavior vary as a result of reinforcement.
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