Operant Learning (R-S) Principles Applied to Nail-Biting

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ID13659832
AuthorsTerry Michael McClanahan (Graduate School of Education and Psychology Pepperdine University, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume77
Issue2
Pages507-514
Publication date1995-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1995.77.2.507
PMID8559875
OpenAlexW2043786123
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

The principles of R-S learning were applied to a 32-yr.-old Caucasian woman to reduce the frequency and duration of fingernail-biting activity in a reversal-replication (ABAB) research design. The undesirable behavior, fingernail-biting which included frequency and duration, antecedents, and setting events, was recorded during a 28-day study. Self-monitoring recordings indicated that anxiety was the most prevalent antecedent. Through the use of a preliminary questionnaire and interview, increase in self-awareness was judged to be most effective in the extinction of the undesired behavior. The systematic desensitization techniques of deep muscle relaxation and Transcendental Meditation were used during the treatment phase

Antecedent (behavioral psychology · Anxiety · Audiology · Biting · Desensitization (medicine · Developmental psychology · Extinction (optical mineralogy · Meditation · Psychiatry · Systematic desensitization · Transcendental meditation · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

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