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Quantifying Temporal Distributions of Self-Injurious Behavior: Defining Bouts versus Discrete Events
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Direct linkKroeker, Rose; Touchette, Paul E.; Engleman, Laszlo; Sandman, Curt A. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2004
An objective method is presented to group discrete self-injurious behavior (SIB) events into bouts. Survival analysis was used to determine how long after an SIB the probability of observing a subsequent SIB remained elevated. This estimated bout length criterion time point was determined individually for 19 subjects with developmental disorders…
Descriptors: Probability, Developmental Disabilities, Self Destructive Behavior, Evaluation Criteria
