title: Treatment of multiply controlled destructive behavior with food reinforcement.
abstract: We evaluated the extent to which the positive reinforcement of communication would reduce multiply controlled destructive behavior in the absence of relevant extinction components. When edible reinforcement for appropriate communication and nonfood reinforcers for problem behavior were available simultaneously, responding was allocated almost exclusively toward the behavior that produced edible reinforcement.
authors.affiliation: Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Adelinis
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Piazza
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Goh
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D004435:Eating; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology