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AUGMENTING SIMPLIFIED HABIT REVERSAL WITH AN AWARENESS ENHANCEMENT DEVICE: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS
Author(s) -
Rapp John T.,
Miltenberger Raymond G.,
Long Ethan S.
Publication year - 1998
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.1998.31-665
Subject(s) - habit , psychology , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , audiology , psychotherapist , medicine
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.