Sadistic fantasies modified by aversive conditioning and substitution: a case study
Authors:
H Mees
Affiliation:
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.
Abstract:
A case study involving unpleasant electric shocks as the consequence of sadistic fantasies seems to have successfully helped to suppress or extinguish them while incompatible “normal” sex fantasies were strengthened. The results are seen as analogous to other studies using extinction with aversive stimuli.