The Role of Self-Injury in the Organisation of Behaviour

Autor/inn/en	Sandman, C. A.; Kemp, A. S.; Mabini, C.; Pincus, D.; Magnusson, M.
Titel	The Role of Self-Injury in the Organisation of Behaviour
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 56 (2012) 5, S.516-526 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-2633
DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2788.2012.01552.x
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Injuries; Self Destructive Behavior; Role; Observation; Classification; Correlation; Behavior Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Rollen; Beobachtung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Korrelation
Abstract	Background: Self-injuring acts are among the most dramatic behaviours exhibited by human beings. There is no known single cause and there is no universally agreed upon treatment. Sophisticated sequential and temporal analysis of behaviour has provided alternative descriptions of self-injury that provide new insights into its initiation and maintenance. Method: Forty hours of observations for each of 32 participants were collected in a contiguous 2-week period. Twenty categories of behavioural and environmental events were recorded electronically that captured the precise time each observation occurred. Temporal behavioural/environmental patterns associated with self-injurious events were revealed with a method (t-patterns; THEME) for detecting non-linear, real-time patterns. Results: Results indicated that acts of self-injury contributed both to more patterns and to more complex patterns. Moreover, self-injury left its imprint on the organisation of behaviour even when counts of self-injury were expelled from the continuous record. Conclusions: Behaviour of participants was organised in a more diverse array of patterns when self-injurious behaviour was present. Self-injuring acts may function as singular points, increasing coherence within self-organising patterns of behaviour. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10