## Abstract Three adults with developmental disabilities and severe, chronic selfβinjurious behavior (SIB) were exposed in separate studies to multiβelement functional analog experimental and control conditions. Participants' physiological status, primarily cardiac function, was recorded with a sop
The definition, taxonomy, epidemiology, and ecology of self-injurious behavior
β Scribed by Stephen R. Schroeder; James A. Mulick; Johannes Rojahn
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 805 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-3432
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