A respondent conditioning approach to reducing anger respones of a dually diagnosed man with mild mental retardation. Export

@article{citeulike:365012, abstract = {Evaluated the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation and systematic desensitization in reducing anger responses of a 26-yr-old mentally retarded man, with an IQ of 70 on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Revised (WAIS--R). Desensitization was conducted for 3 provoking stimuli: joke telling, criticism, and heterosexual talk. A multiple baseline analysis demonstrated that the onset of treatment was associated with a reduction of target responses to below a target level established through observations of nonhandicapped individuals. Observations outside of the treatment condition demonstrated that the positive effect generalized to natural settings. A follow-up evaluation demonstrated the durability of treatment. Results are discussed with reference to alternatives to aversive treatments for reducing aggressive responses in dually diagnosed persons with mental retardation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)}, author = {Schloss, Patrick J. and Smith, Melinda and Santora, Chris and Bryant, Robin}, citeulike-article-id = {365012}, journal = {Behavior Therapy}, keywords = {anger, conditioning, developmental\_disabilities, emotion, hardcopy, relaxation, respondent}, pages = {459--464}, posted-at = {2005-10-25 23:11:36}, priority = {0}, title = {A respondent conditioning approach to reducing anger respones of a dually diagnosed man with mild mental retardation.}, volume = {20}, year = {1989} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:365012 L3 - citeulike-article-id:365012 N2 - Evaluated the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation and systematic desensitization in reducing anger responses of a 26-yr-old mentally retarded man, with an IQ of 70 on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Revised (WAIS--R). Desensitization was conducted for 3 provoking stimuli: joke telling, criticism, and heterosexual talk. A multiple baseline analysis demonstrated that the onset of treatment was associated with a reduction of target responses to below a target level established through observations of nonhandicapped individuals. Observations outside of the treatment condition demonstrated that the positive effect generalized to natural settings. A follow-up evaluation demonstrated the durability of treatment. Results are discussed with reference to alternatives to aversive treatments for reducing aggressive responses in dually diagnosed persons with mental retardation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved) JF - Behavior Therapy EP - 464 TI - A respondent conditioning approach to reducing anger respones of a dually diagnosed man with mild mental retardation. VL - 20 SP - 459 KW - anger KW - conditioning KW - developmental_disabilities KW - emotion KW - hardcopy KW - relaxation KW - respondent AU - Schloss, Patrick AU - Smith, Melinda AU - Santora, Chris AU - Bryant, Robin PY - 1989/// ER -