Systematic desensitization and negative practice to alter the aftereffects of a rape attempt
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental PsychiatryPublished 1 December 1977
Richard Wolff
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Abstract
Seven years after a rape attempt a 20-year-old female feared staying alone at night and compulsively checked her apartment when she arrived home. Systematic desensitization was applied to the fear and negative practice to the checking.
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