ArticleJournal of applied behavior analysis2024
Resurgence of destructive behavior following decreases in alternative reinforcement: A prospective analysis.
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11 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
- The effects of discriminative stimuli on combined relapse: A preliminary human-operant investigation.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2026Article
- Functional Analysis Decision-Making Considerations.Behavior analysis in practice · 2025Review
- The Effects of Quality of Reinforcement on the Resurgence of Responding.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 Severe Challenging Behavior and Schedule Thinning with the Terminal Schedule Probe Method.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A demonstration of incorporating discriminative stimuli into an AAC device during functional communication training.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) · 2024Article
- Examination of clinical variables affecting resurgence: A reanalysis of 46 applications.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2024Article
- A clinical evaluation and validation of a competing stimulus assessment targeting excessive functional communication responses.Journal of applied behavior analysisArticle
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Basic and retrospective translational research has shown that the magnitude of resurgence is determined by the size of the decrease in alternative reinforcement, with larger decreases producing more resurgence. However, this finding has not been evaluated prospectively with a clinical population. In Experiment 1, five participants experienced a fixed progression of reinforcement schedule-thinning steps during treatment of their destructive behavior. Resurgence occurred infrequently across steps and participants, and when resurgence did occur, its clinical meaningfulness was often minimal. In Experiment 2, five new participants experienced these same schedule-thinning steps but in a counterbalanced order. Resurgence occurred most often and was generally largest with larger decreases in alternative reinforcement programmed earlier in the evaluation. Large decreases in alternative reinforcement may be more problematic clinically when they occur earlier in treatment. Whether larger transitions can be recommended in the clinic following the success of smaller ones will require additional research.
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