Functional analysis of episodic self-injury correlated with recurrent otitis media.
A functional analysis examined the consequences that maintained episodic self-injury and the relationship between those consequences and otitis media for a child with moderate developmental disabilities. Results indicated that self-injury occurred only during periods of otitis media. Otitis media may have served as an establishing operation related to escape from ambient noise.
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Department of Psychology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland. moreilly@macollamh.ucd.ie
D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D004924:Escape Reaction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000523:psychology*; D012008:Recurrence; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D018980:Williams Syndrome / Q000523:psychology