On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:35:49 -0700, Ken Steele wrote: >It is interesting that discussion of the Mowrers' technique and >the type(s) of conditioning involved in the process seem to have >disappeared from textbooks, even though the device is sold on >the market currently.
I'm not entirely sure that the Mowrers' technique has disappeared from textbooks -- one can find a discussion of it in "Abnormal Child Psychology" by Eric Mash and David Wolfe (2010); see: http://books.google.com/books?id=hhvjIBUVDeYC&pg=PT392&lpg=PT392&dq=houts+mowrer+bedwetting&source=bl&ots=cz_WtnYIPA&sig=M9sEDTqB5Rg6rYDYGT2dB6VMfsE&hl=en&ei=Q-3SS9-9M4X60wTqzJDnDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=17&ved=0CGIQ6AEwEA#v=onepage&q&f=false or http://tinyurl.com/27xox3s I believe that Arthur Houts along with colleagues from Stony Brook University have expanded upon the Mowrers' procedure, with research starting in the 1980s through 1990s. See: Effectiveness of psychological and pharmacological treatments for nocturnal enuresis. By Houts, Arthur C.; Berman, Jeffrey S.; Abramson, Hillel Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Vol 62(4), Aug 1994, 737-745. Abstract Provides a quantitative integration of research on the effectiveness of psychological and pharmacological treatments for nocturnal enuresis. With the use of experiments that compared treatments with either no treatment or another form of treatment, this article assesses (1) the overall effectiveness of psychological and pharmacological treatments, (2) the relative effectiveness of specific types of treatments, and (3) moderators of treatment effectiveness including investigator allegiance. Findings from the review confirm that enuretic children benefit substantially from treatment. However, more children improve from psychological than from pharmacological interventions. Moreover, psychological treatments involving a urine alarm are most likely to yield benefits that are maintained once treatment has ended. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved) And it might be useful to read something about the Mowrers; there is a detailed entry on Wikipedia but standard disclaimers apply: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orval_Hobart_Mowrer -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2195 or send a blank email to leave-2195-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
