Open AccessGratification behavior in a young child: Course and management
Author(s) -
Aditya Pandurangi,
Swapna Aditya Pandurangi,
Sameer Belvi Mangalwedhe,
Mahesh Mahadevaiah
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the scientific society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7127
pISSN - 0974-5009
DOI - 10.4103/0974-5009.175464
Subject(s) - gratification , delay of gratification , medicine , developmental psychology , pathological , pediatrics , psychology , psychotherapist
Masturbation (gratification behavior) is rarely seen in young children. It occurs in children between the age of 3 months and 3 years with a second peak incidence at about the adolescent age. A 26-month-old child presented to us with gratification behavior. On evaluation, she did not have any physical illness mimicking gratification behavior. The parents were counseled, and 6 sessions of behavior therapy were carried out. Gratification behavior in young children is not pathological. Waxing and waning of the symptoms may be present