Reducing risky behavior with habit reversal: A review of behavioral strategies to reduce habitual hand-to-head behavior

Habit reversal training (HRT) has been a mainstay of behavior analysts' repertoire for nearly the last 50 years. HRT has been effective in treating a host of repetitive behavior problems. In the face of the current coronavirus pandemic, HRT has practical public health importance as a possible i...

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Published inJournal of Applied Behavior Analysis Vol. 53; no. 3; p. 1225
Main Authors Heinicke, Megan R, Stiede, Jordan T, Miltenberger, Raymond G, Woods, Douglas W
Format Journal Article Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2020
Subjects
Behavior Therapy
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
COVID-19
Face
Habits
Hand
Head
Health Risk Behaviors
Humans
Pandemics - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
COVID-19
coronavirus
habit reversal
face-touching
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Summary:Habit reversal training (HRT) has been a mainstay of behavior analysts' repertoire for nearly the last 50 years. HRT has been effective in treating a host of repetitive behavior problems. In the face of the current coronavirus pandemic, HRT has practical public health importance as a possible intervention for reducing hand-to-head behaviors that increase the risk of viral infection. The current paper provides a brief review of HRT for hand-to-head habits that is designed for a broad audience and concludes with practical suggestions, based on HRT, for reducing face-touching behaviors.
ISSN:1938-3703
DOI:10.1002/jaba.745