Negative practice

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As a negative practice ( English negative practice ) is called in the behavioral therapy certain methods that aim to wean a person habitual problem behavior or mitigate these behavioral habit. Negative practice consists in the fact that the person is not forbidden the undesirable behavior, but on the contrary is so massively imposed by the therapist or educator that the person finally gives up the behavior because he is tired of it.

Areas of application

The technique is applied successfully. a. when dealing with small motor habits such as B. Tics or grinding teeth at night . The strenuous exercise forced by the therapist means that the movement is perceived as so uncomfortable that it becomes less frequent even outside of the therapy sessions. The technique has been shown to be useful in the treatment of pica syndrome and, to a limited extent, also in the treatment of Tourette's syndrome . It has shown further success in areas such as piano and organ lessons, where it can be used to improve fine motor routines. However, it is less effective in treating problems that are inhibited , such as stuttering .

Occasionally negative practice has also been suggested as a method of parenting , such as a way to counter habitual childhood tantrums .

Delimitation of the term

Negative practice is sometimes confused with overcorrection (English overcorrection , positive practice overcorrection , restitutional overcorrection ), a method in which desired behavior is imposed on a disproportionately large extent (e.g. by cleaning all tables after a student smears a table) .

See also

literature

  • PC Duker, M. Nielen: The use of negative practice for the control of pica behavior . In: Journal of Behavior and Experimental Psychiatry , Volume 24, 1993, pp. 249-253
  • JC Masters, TG Burish, SD Hollon, DC Rimm: Behavior therapy: Techniques and empirical findings . 3. Edition. Harcourt Brace Jonavich, Orlando FL 1987
  • L. Storms: Massed negative practice as a behavioral treatment for Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome . In: American Journal of Psychotherapy , Volume 39, 1985, pp. 277-281
  • AJ Yates: Negative practice: The theoretical interpretation . In: Australian Journal of Psychology , Volume 11, 1959, pp. 126-129

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Michel Hersen, George Sugai, Robert Horner (Eds.): Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior Therapy . Sage, Thousand Oaks 2005, ISBN 0-7619-2747-6 , pp. 915 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ^ John N. Marr: Manual of Behavior Modification. A Guide for Parents . Xlibris, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4568-2701-4 , pp. 40 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ↑ Ronald C. Martella, J. Ron Nelson, Nancy E. Marchand-Martella, Mark O'Reilly: Comprehensive Behavior Management . Individualized, Classroom, and Schoolwide Approaches. Sage, Los Angeles et al. a. 2012, ISBN 978-1-4129-8827-8 , pp. 205 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search). Alberto PA, Troutman AC: Applied behavior analysis for teachers . Pearson, Upper Saddle River NJ 2009