EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL OF SEXUAL DEVIATION THROUGH MANIPULATION OF NOXIOUS SCENE IN COVERT SENSITIZATION

Pedophilic behavior in a 25-yr-old married male and homosexual behavior in a 32-yr-old married male were decreased, increased, and once again decreased by introducing, removing, and reintroducing the noxious scene in covert sensitization, a form of aversion therapy. Results indicate that verbal description of a nauseous scene was an effective aversive stimulus, and that pairing this scene with scenes of the undesired behavior was responsible for declines in deviant sexual behavior during covert sensitization. (17 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.