Reducing skin picking via competing activities

J Appl Behav Anal. 2006 Winter;39(4):459-62. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2006.62-05.

Abstract

This study examined the outcomes of a competing activities intervention to decrease skin picking exhibited by a 9-year-old student with comorbid diagnoses. Results of an ABCBAB design revealed that the use of student-selected manipulatives resulted in reduced skin picking.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / psychology
  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / therapy
  • Attention*
  • Behavior Therapy*
  • Child
  • Comorbidity
  • Humans
  • Intellectual Disability / psychology
  • Language Development Disorders / psychology
  • Mainstreaming, Education
  • Male
  • Motor Activity
  • Self-Injurious Behavior / psychology
  • Self-Injurious Behavior / therapy*
  • Skin / injuries*