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SATIATION THERAPY: A PROCEDURE FOR REDUCING DEVIANT SEXUAL AROUSAL
Author(s) -
Marshall W. L.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1979.12-377
Subject(s) - psychology , sexual arousal , attribution , arousal , sex therapy , psychotherapist , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , paraphilia , sexual behavior , social psychology , sexual dysfunction , psychiatry
Two single‐case experiments demonstrated the efficacy of satiation therapy with adult males who had long‐standing deviant sexual interests. The procedure involves the pairing of prolonged masturbation (1 hour) with the verbalization by the patient of his deviant sexual fantasies and in both cases the designs permitted the attribution of control over aberrant responding to the satiation therapy. The results are discussed in terms of the possible active ingredients of the procedure.