A comparison of relaxation training and competing response training to eliminate hair pulling and nail biting

A 17-year-old female with a 14-year history of hair pulling and nail biting was treated with relaxation training and competing response training. While introduction of relaxation training produced an initial decline in hair pulling, there was a gradual recovery of the maladaptive behavior to baselin...

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Published inJournal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 67 - 70
Main Authors De Luca, Rayleen V., Holborn, Stephen W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.03.1984
Elsevier
Subjects
Adolescent
Behavior Therapy - methods
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Medical sciences
Nail Biting - psychology
Nail Biting - therapy
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - therapy
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Relaxation Therapy
Relaxation. Biofeedback. Hypnosis. Selfregulation. Meditation
Treatments
Trichotillomania - psychology
Trichotillomania - therapy
Human
Relaxation
Treatment
Trichotillomania
Onychophagia
Dragging
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Summary:A 17-year-old female with a 14-year history of hair pulling and nail biting was treated with relaxation training and competing response training. While introduction of relaxation training produced an initial decline in hair pulling, there was a gradual recovery of the maladaptive behavior to baseline levels. The competing response procedure consisted of clenching fists for 3 min whenever hair pulling or nail biting occured or were likely to occur. By the use of the competing response hair pulling and nail biting decreased, eventually to zero. Follow-up over a 2-year period revealed that the treatment effects were maintained.
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ISSN:0005-7916
1873-7943
DOI:10.1016/0005-7916(84)90125-3