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Acceptance Versus Distraction For Unwanted Sexual Thoughts, Joseph A. Sherwood
Acceptance Versus Distraction For Unwanted Sexual Thoughts, Joseph A. Sherwood
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This on-line study examined 67 participants who rated their sexual thought distress level as moderately distressing or greater, on the successfulness of an acceptance-based strategy and a distraction-based strategy for dealing with unwanted sexual thoughts. The study began with the completion of an assessment battery, which measured attitudes about sexual thoughts. During a pre-intervention three minute time period, participants were asked to record/report occurrences a previously identified unwanted sexual thought, if or when, it occurred. They were then randomly placed into one of three experimental conditions (e.g., acceptance-based, distraction-based, and a control group) in which they viewed a video presentation …
Ultrasound As An Aversive Stimulus For Use With Rats: A Novel Model Of Aversive Control, Brandon Norlund
Ultrasound As An Aversive Stimulus For Use With Rats: A Novel Model Of Aversive Control, Brandon Norlund
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Negative reinforcers serve to maintain or increase behavior through the removal of an aversive stimulus. The primary method of studying negative reinforcement in non-humans has been through the use of electrical shock. While this method has proven to be reliable, many negative reinforcers that humans and non-humans encounter do not elicit tactile pain. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore a novel, non-human animal model of aversive control without the use of electrical shock as the negative reinforcer. A considerable amount of research has shown that various strains of rats find ultrasonic tones of certain frequencies and amplitudes …