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The effect of time‐out (to) duration on assaultiveness in psychiatrically hospitalized children
Author(s) -
Benjamin Robert,
Mazzarins Harold,
Kupfersmid Joel
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1983)9:1<21::aid-ab2480090104>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - duration (music) , poison control , medicine , time perception , injury prevention , audiology , pediatrics , significant difference , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , psychology , medical emergency , psychiatry , cognition , physics , pathology , acoustics
The effect of differential time‐out (TO) durations (15, 30, 45, 60, and 90 minutes) on assaultive behavior for 13 psychiatrically hospitalized children and adolescents was analyzed. For the total sample, no statistically significant difference in assault frequencies was evident. Also evident was the effect of time‐out duration on time taken to become settled: the longer the time‐out given, the longer the time needed to become calm.