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Augmenting simplified habit reversal with an awareness enhancement device: preliminary findings
J T Rapp1, R G Miltenberger, E S Long
1Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58105, USA.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|January 19, 1999
Abstract:
The chronic hair pulling of a 36-year-old woman with moderate mental retardation was initially treated with a simplified habit-reversal (SHR) procedure that consisted of awareness training, competing response training, and social support. When SHR did not produce large and sustained reductions in hair pulling, an awareness enhancement device was added, and it reduced hair pulling to near-zero levels in two settings. The results are discussed, and directions for future research with this device are provided.