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Relax and try this instead: abbreviated habit reversal for maladaptive self-biting
K M Jones1, S M Swearer, P C Friman
1Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, Boys Town, Nebraska 68010, USA.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
We evaluated the effectiveness of an abbreviated habit reversal procedure to reduce maladaptive oral self-biting in an adolescent boy in residential care. Treatment involved a combination of relaxation and two competing responses. Results of a withdrawal design and two posttreatment medical evaluations indicated that the intervention eliminated the biting and the tissue damage it caused.