ArticleJournal of the experimental analysis of behavior2021
Destructive behavior increases as a function of reductions in alternative reinforcement during schedule thinning: A retrospective quantitative analysis.
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Motivational Refinements for Facilitating Reinforcement Schedule Thinning
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- On the prevalence and magnitude of resurgence during delay-and-denial tolerance teaching.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2025Pooled it
- Human-operant evaluation of synthesized alternative reinforcement and resurgence.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2026Article
- Alternative-reinforcer magnitude effects on resurgence across successive relapse tests in mice.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2026Article
- Discriminative Properties of Reinforcers Modulate Resurgence: Evidence from a Systematic Review.Perspectives on behavior science · 2025Review
- On the Prospective Application of Behavioral Momentum Theory and Resurgence as Choice in the Treatment of Problem Behavior: A Brief Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A scoping review of consecutive controlled case series studies.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2025Article
- Resurgence of Severe Challenging Behavior and Schedule Thinning with the Terminal Schedule Probe Method.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Different criteria affect prevalence of relapse of behavior targeted for treatment.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2025Article
- Examination of clinical variables affecting resurgence: A reanalysis of 46 applications.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2024Article
- Resurgence of destructive behavior following decreases in alternative reinforcement: A prospective analysis.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2024Article
- A Practitioner's Guide to Measuring Procedural Fidelity.Behavior analysis in practice · 2024Article
- Updated Recommendations for Reinforcement Schedule Thinning following Functional Communication Training.Behavior analysis in practice · 2024Review
- Translational evaluation of on/off alternative reinforcement cycling.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2023Article
- Modeling Behavioral Persistence with Resurgence as Choice in Context (RaCBehavior analysis in practice · 2023Article
- Relapse and its mitigation: Toward behavioral inoculation.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2023Review
- Basic and applied research on extinction bursts.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2023Article
- Further evaluation of treatment duration on the resurgence of destructive behavior.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2023Article
- Conducting Translational Research in the Context of Patient Care.Perspectives on behavior science · 2022Article
- Translating quantitative theories of behavior into improved clinical treatments for problem behavior.Behavioural processes · 2022Article
- The effects of large, small, and thinning magnitudes of alternative reinforcement on resurgence.Behavioural processes · 2022Article
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Abstract
The behavioral processes determining the magnitude of the resurgence of destructive behavior during reinforcement schedule thinning have yet to be described, despite an uptick in prevalence research on the topic. As predicted by Resurgence as Choice theory, recent animal research has found that resurgence increases with the magnitude of a downshift in alternative reinforcement. Here we reanalyze the data from 2 recent prevalence studies to determine whether the size of the decrease in alternative reinforcement availability predicts the magnitude of resurgence in the clinic. Results from this retrospective analysis suggest that resurgence of destructive behavior increases significantly with decreases in the availability of alternative reinforcement. Implications for future research and translations of theoretical analyses to the clinic are discussed.
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