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The use of contingency contracting in controlling adult nailbiting

1974; Elsevier BV; Volume: 5; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0005-7916(74)90029-9

1873-7943

Joel Ross,

Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

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.