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Training the disturbed enuretic

Behaviour Research and TherapyPublished 1 January 1978
Stanley Sacks, George De Leon
Citations15
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score2.01
SNIP1.64

TL;DR

It is indicated that a training approach is effective for the treatment of enuresis in disturbed children, but the more disturbed have a greater likelihood of relapse, as compared to non-relapsed children.

Abstract

Abstract Twenty-two disturbed enuretic children were treated for their bedwetting with training procedures. Eighteen of 22 (81.8%) reached the initial success criterion in an average of 57.5 days. Ten of the 18 (55.6%) met the retraining criteria of relapse, and 9 of the relapses were successfully retrained, while I stopped wetting spontaneously. As compared to non-relapsed children, relapsed children had a significantly higher number of initial symptoms checked. The results indicate that a training approach is effective for the treatment of enuresis in disturbed children, but the more disturbed have a greater likelihood of relapse.

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