Smoking cessation through functional analysis.

In recent years applied behavior analysts have made increasing use of functional analyses of behavior to determine the reinforcers for aberrant behavior. Once the reinforcers for the behavior are determined, intervention strategies based on the existing consequences for the behavior are implemented. Functional analysis technology has been particularly relevant in treating self-injurious behavior (SIB). For example, Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, and Richman (1982) conducted a dassic study analyzing the relationship between SIB and various positive and negative reinforcement contingencies. Their research showed that for 6 of the 9 people studied, SIB occurred more frequently under some stimulus conditions than others. Other studies using functional analysis technology have found that SIB can be reinforced by social attention (Lo-

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