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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Psychology
  • Pediatric Health

Background:

  • Excessive coughing in children can be functional, such as psychogenic cough, with no identifiable medical cause.
  • Behavioral interventions are increasingly recognized for addressing such conditions in pediatric populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the efficacy of behavior modification techniques in treating psychogenic cough in a pediatric patient.
  • To identify the maintaining factors of functional excessive coughing through functional behavior assessment.

Main Methods:

  • Functional behavior assessment was utilized to determine the purpose of the psychogenic cough.
  • Behavior modification strategies, including extinction and differential reinforcement, were implemented to decrease the coughing frequency.

Main Results:

  • A significant reduction in the target behavior (psychogenic cough) was observed following the intervention.
  • The intervention was successful without the need for any medical treatments or pharmacological approaches.

Conclusions:

  • Behavior modification is a highly effective, empirically supported intervention for psychogenic cough in children.
  • These techniques are beneficial not only for children with developmental delays but also for typically developing individuals.