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ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF FOOT—SHOE FETISH DISPLAYED BY A MAN WITH AUTISM
Author(s) -
Dozier Claudia L.,
Iwata Brian A.,
Worsdell April S.
Publication year - 2011
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.2011.44-133
Subject(s) - autism , psychology , foot (prosody) , contrast (vision) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , artificial intelligence , art , computer science , literature
Results of a functional analysis indicated that a man diagnosed with autism engaged in bizarre sexual behavior in the presence of women wearing sandals. Several treatments proved to be ineffective or impractical. By contrast, a response‐interruption/time‐out procedure quickly eliminated the problem behavior in multiple settings.
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