Abstract
We have treated 24 cases of encopresis, chiefly with operant conditioning techniques. In the process of therapy we adequately used the soft laxatives which made the bowel movements of the patients more easily open. The results were that sixteen cured, four much improved and four dropped out. The causes or trigger factors of the symptoms dominently proved the failures of training on bowel movements by the indulgent or coercive parents. In some cases the death of one of the parents, the bearing of sib or the other stressful situations had happend. We noticed the contracts between the therapist and the patient's family should be confirmed before the beginning of therapy. In other words the therapeutic motivations by the patient as well as her parents are exclusively important. About the difference of sexuality among the encopresis, it is believed that male is twice to ten times as female. However, it is not so remarkable in our cases.
