Gratification behavior in a young child: Course and management | Zendy

AdityaAnand Pandurangi | Zendy; SwapnaAditya Pandurangi | Zendy; SameerBelvi Mangalwedhe | Zendy; Mahesh Mahadevaiah | Zendy

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Gratification behavior in a young child: Course and management

Author(s) -

AdityaAnand Pandurangi,

SwapnaAditya Pandurangi,

SameerBelvi 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 , social psychology

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

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