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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Intellect Disabil Res. 2018 Apr 25;62(12):1072–1085. doi: 10.1111/jir.12489

Table 2.

Results of the functional analyses for the 14 boys who showed self-injurious behavior

Subject Topography observed FA outcome
P2 Head hitting, hand biting Attention, demand escape, transition escape
P3 Lip picking, head hitting Social escape, demand escape
P4 Head hitting, hand biting Tangible, social escape, demand escape, transition escape
P6 Finger picking, face scratching Tangible, social escape, demand escape, transition escape
P7 Hand biting Attention, tangible
P8 Head hitting, finger biting Automatic reinforcement
P9 Face hitting, chest hitting Undifferentiated
P10 Face hitting Demand escape
P11 Chest hitting, chin pressing, lip picking Automatic reinforcement
P12 Hand biting Tangible
P13 Finger biting, teeth clicking Attention
P16 Finger biting Tangible
P21 Finger biting Tangible, social escape, transition escape
P22 Finger biting Undifferentiated