Recent research on aetiology, development and phenomenology of self‐injurious behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review and implications for treatment

Furniss, Frederick; B. Biswas, Asit

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2788.2012.01534.x

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Recent research on aetiology, development and phenomenology of self‐injurious behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review and implications for treatment

Published in Journal of Intellectual Disability Research • Feb 28, 2012

Authors:

Frederick Furniss

Asit B. Biswas

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Behavioural interventions conceptualise self-injurious behaviour (SIB) as developing from early repetitive behaviours through acquisition of homeostatic functions in regulating stimulation and subsequent shaping into SIB through socially mediated or automatic operant reinforcement. Despi...

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Psychology

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Developmental psychology

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