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- Resurgence is when a behavior that was previously stopped comes back after a different behavior, which was recently reinforced, is no longer reinforced.
- Prior studies have indicated that this resurgence also includes nontargeted behaviors from the same response category.
- This research involved two experiments with children with autism spectrum disorder, finding that when the main problem behavior reemerged, other unwanted behaviors also appeared, highlighting potential implications for treatment strategies and assessment methods.
Article Abstract
Resurgence occurs when a previously extinguished behavior reemerges once a more recently reinforced behavior is placed on extinction. Previous research has suggested that nontargeted responses within the same response class recur alongside target-response resurgence (e.g., da Silva, Maxwell, & Lattal, 2008; Lieving, Hagopian, Long, & O'Connor, 2004). The purpose of this two-experiment investigation was to examine target response resurgence while simultaneously measuring the occurrence of nontargeted responses. Three children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who displayed multiple topographies of problem behavior participated. In Experiment 1, a three-phase resurgence procedure was conducted and all three participants displayed target-response resurgence accompanied by the emergence of nontargeted forms of problem behavior. These findings were replicated in Experiment 2 using a 30-min assessment procedure. The implications of these findings as they pertain to the treatment of severe problem behavior and utility of a brief relapse assessment are discussed.
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