Cardiac response as an index of the effect of aversion therapy |
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| Authors: | T B Baker D S Cannon S T Tiffany A Gino |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, W. J. Brogden Psychology Building, 1202 West Johnson Street, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A.;2. Dallas V.A. Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75216, U.S.A.;3. University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Recent research shows that aversion conditioning produces conditioned aversions to target stimuli. Conditioned aversions are manifest in the following posttreatment changes in Ss' responses to target stimuli: increased negative evaluations, decreased contact or consumption, and increased phasic heart-rate responses (HRRs). Research on aversion therapy for additive disorders reveals that HRR is a particularly important index of therapeutic change as it is predictive of latency to relapse to drug use. We speculate that aversion conditioning increases Ss' fear and repugnance of target stimuli, that HRRs accurately reflect such defensive responses and that magnitude of defensive response is positively related to latency to relapse. In addition to defensive responding, we believe that HRRs may reflect coping-response or active-avoidance information processing. |
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