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

Authors
  • Heinicke, Megan R1
  • Stiede, Jordan T2
  • Miltenberger, Raymond G3
  • Woods, Douglas W2
  • 1 Department of Psychology, California State University, Sacramento.
  • 2 Department of Psychology, Marquette University.
  • 3 Department of Child and Family Studies, University of South Florida.
Type
Published Article
Journal
Journal of applied behavior analysis
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2020
Volume
53
Issue
3
Pages
1225–1236
Identifiers
DOI: 10.1002/jaba.745
PMID: 32686131
Source
Medline
Keywords
Language
English
License
Unknown

Abstract

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. © 2020 Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.

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