ArticleJournal of applied behavior analysis
Resurgence of destructive behavior following differential rates of alternative reinforcement.
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- Chaining Differential Reinforcement of Compliance and Functional Communication Training to Treat Challenging Behavior Maintained by Negative Reinforcement.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- 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
- Discriminative properties of reinforcers modulate resurgence: A human-operant demonstration.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2025Article
- Resurgence of destructive behavior following decreases in alternative reinforcement: A prospective analysis.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2024Article
- Examination of clinical variables affecting resurgence: A reanalysis of 46 applications.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2024Article
- Resurgence Following Higher or Lower Quality Alternative Reinforcement.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2024Article
- Relative effects of four resurgence-mitigation strategies informed by behavioral momentum theory.Journal of applied behavior analysisArticle
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Abstract
Behavioral momentum theory (BMT) suggests that resurgence of destructive behavior may be at least partly determined by the rate of alternative reinforcement, with lean schedules of reinforcement producing less resurgence than dense schedules. Findings from basic and translational studies have been mixed, and the effects of alternative reinforcement rate on resurgence remain unclear. In the current study, we conducted a within-subject evaluation of resurgence during extinction with four children following functional communication training using dense and lean (BMT-informed) schedules of alternative reinforcement. We observed no reliable differences in resurgence across the dense and lean conditions. We discuss implications of these findings in relation to future research using quantitative analyses to evaluate the relative effects of alternative reinforcement rate and other BMT-based strategies for mitigating resurgence in applied settings.
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