There are many methods of behavior modification when it comes to helping people prevent a bad habit from continuing or helping an individual acquire a healthy habit which will be useful to them in their future. In this case, lip biting is a self-harming behavior that can be linked to many different reasons, including stress, nervousness, personality disorders, and even mental disabilities. This research will discuss some behavioral modification methods used to help people with nervous lip biting behaviors. Humans are naturally nervous creatures who tend to get nervous when put under pressure or put in certain situations that make them uncomfortable. There are many people who can handle it easily and know how to release stress without it turning into a stress-creating habit. There are others who are unable to handle these situations adequately and develop certain “tics” that help the individual release this nervous tension. These types of behaviors can be things like nail biting, chewing on the inside of the gums, hair pulling, and lip biting. Many different studies have been conducted on these types of nervous behaviors to understand what can be done to reverse these habits and what type of behavior modification works best to help an individual stop these self-injurious behaviors. In the research study, “Relax and Try This Instead: Abbreviated Habit Reversal for Maladaptive Self-Biting” done by Jones, Swearer, and Friman, they found that the most effective treatment for self-biting is habit reversal. To prove success of habit reversal treatment, conducted a study on a fifteen-year-old boy, named Sam, who had been diagnosed with excessive anxiety disorder and was biting his lip severely when… middle of paper… .destructive oral habits (biting, chewing, or licking the lips, cheeks, tongue, or palate). Journal of Behavioral Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 13(1), 49-54 )90035-0Jones, K. M., Swearer, S. M., & Friman, P. C. (1997). Relax and try this instead: Abbreviated habit reversal for maladaptive self-biting. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 30(4), 697-699. doi:10.1901/jaba.1997.30-697 Lyon, L. S. (1983). A behavioral treatment of compulsive lip biting. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 14(3), 275-276. doi:10.1016/0005-7916(83)90060-5 Miltenberger, R. G. (2012). Behavior modification (5th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning. Sarkhel, S., Praharaj, S. K., & Akhtar, S. (2011). Cheek biting disorder: Another stereotypical movement disorder? Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 1085-1086. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.07.006