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| Clinical Behavior Analysis: Measures and Procedures |
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 |
| 3:00 PM–3:50 PM |
| Conference Room 3 |
| Area: CBM |
| Chair: Victoria Stout Kubal (California State University, Fresno) |
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| Quantifying Client Self-Report: The Subjective Unit of Desire Scale |
| Domain: Applied Research |
| VICTORIA STOUT KUBAL (California State University, Fresno) |
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| Abstract: Impulse control problems stem from ignoring the ultimate contingencies and focusing only upon the proximate contingencies. If clinicians want to treat the behavioral excesses of a client with poor impulse control, there is a need for a scale to measure desire. There is a widely utilized scale to measure degrees of emotional disturbance, but there is not one to measure degrees of craving or desire. This author has developed a Subjective Unit of Desire Scale for use with clients that have problems with impulse control. The Subjective Unit of Desire Scale is based upon Joseph Wople’s Subjective Unit of Disturbance Scale and hierarchy construction as part of the process of systematic desensitization. This paper discusses the use of the Subjective Unit of Desire Scale along with exposure therapy as part of a treatment program for clients with impulse control problems such as kleptomania, compulsive shopping, binge eating, and substance abuse. Not only does the Subjective Unit of Desire Scale provide clients a way to analyze their own private events, but also it aids in systematically measuring client progress within one session and across many sessions. |
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| Rapid Reduction in Heart Rate Using Hard Exhalation Diaphragmatic Breathing: Implications for Performance Management |
| Domain: Applied Research |
| ROBERT M. STEIN (Lancaster, PA), Tomeka Farrar (Mechanicsburg, PA) |
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| Abstract: Diaphragmatic breathing, or “belly breathing” is preferable to costal, or chest breathing, in producing objective and subjective measures of relaxation. Practicing diaphragmatic breathing is not too difficult when already relaxed, but can be a challenge when one is in a high pressure situation. High pressure or performance demand situations present themselves with little opportunity to remove oneself for breathing practice. The current strategy emphasizes bodily movement and orally mediated hard exhalation to facilitate a rapid transition from costal to diaphragmatic breathing. Bodily movements include rotation of the shoulders, movement of the hips, bending at the knees and expansion/contraction of the torso. Oral movements include progressively more intense expulsion of air. Training involves increases in intensity, duration and speed over time. Data will be presented that demonstrate short-term reduction in heart rate that is associated with the transition from ordinary resting breathing to a more specific diaphragmatic breathing pattern. |
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