The motivation of self-injurious behavior: a review of some hypotheses

Psychol Bull. 1977 Jul;84(4):800-16.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / complications
  • Conditioning, Operant
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Ego
  • Escape Reaction
  • Guilt
  • Humans
  • Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome / complications
  • Motivation*
  • Play Therapy
  • Psychoanalytic Theory
  • Reinforcement, Psychology
  • Reinforcement, Social
  • Self Mutilation* / prevention & control
  • Self Stimulation