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BehaviourmodificationinthemanagementofchronichabitsofabnormaleyerubbingCharlesW.McMonniesHYPERLINK"http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6X27-4VH8Y81-1&_user=681891&_coverDate=04%2F30%2F2009&_rdoc=4&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%237263%232009%23999679997%23945116%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=7263&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=14&_acct=C000037419&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=681891&md5=b00c0a96f7e6856d4df71a87702aca91"\l"cor1",HYPERLINK"http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6X27-4VH8Y81-1&_user=681891&_coverDate=04%2F30%2F2009&_rdoc=4&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%237263%232009%23999679997%23945116%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=7263&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=14&_acct=C000037419&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=681891&md5=b00c0a96f7e6856d4df71a87702aca91"\l"implicit0"a,HYPERLINK"mailto:[e-mail]"aSchoolofOptometryandVisionScience,UniversityofNewSouthWales,Kensington2052,AustraliaAvailableonline1February2009.AbstractObjectivesTodescribehowandwhymanykeratoconuspatientsdonotcomplywithstrongadvicetocontrolchronichabitsofabnormalrubbing.Tooutlineabehaviourmodificationapproachforcontrollingchronichabitsofabnormalrubbing.MethodsCommonreasonsforchronichabitsofabnormalrubbinghavebeenreviewedasabasisforspecifyingabehaviouralmodificationapproachtohabitreversal.ResultsThemethodsdescribedareorganizedintotheclassicbehaviouralmodificationstructureof:(1)habitawareness,(2)competingresponses,(3)developmentofmotivation,and(4)socialsupport.Thisstructureissupportedbytheapplicationofsocialinfluenceprinciplestoachieveoptimumcompliance.ConclusionsTheuseoftake-homewritteninformationintheformofanAbnormalRubbingGuideisthebasisforthedevelopmentofmotivation.Familysocialsupportisbaseduponawideningoftheresponsibilityforav