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The use of contingency contracting in controlling adult nailbiting |
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| Authors: | Joel A. Ross |
| Affiliation: | Hofstra University, USA |
| Abstract: | An adult patient agreed to contribute money to a strongly disliked organization for failure to increase fingernail length. Nailbiting was discontinued for the duration of the contingency contract and a follow-up 3 and 6 months later indicated that the increase in nail length was maintained. |
| Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be addressed to Joel A. Ross Department of Psychology Hofstra University Hempstead New York 11550 USA. |
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