Treatment of aggressive behavior: the effect of EMG response discrimination biofeedback training.
This N of 1 study utilizes a withdrawal design with aggressive responses of a 27-year-old male exhibiting autistic behavior. The frequency of physical and verbal aggressive responses was decreased by reinforcing attempts to relax (utilizing EMG biofeedback) when discriminative stimuli for aggressive behavior were present.
D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010897:Pitch Discrimination; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy*