title: Behavioral economic influences on treatments designed to decrease destructive behavior.
abstract: In behavioral economics terms, response allocation is viewed as an exchange between the price of and the demand for reinforcers associated with various responses. In this study, behavioral economics principles were used to develop and evaluate a treatment package that reduced destructive behavior to zero while communication and compliance were increased.
authors: The Kennedy Krieger and Marcus Institutes, USA.
authors: A C
authors: AC
authors: Perry
authors: W W
authors: WW
authors: Fisher
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000628:therapy*