Correlates of self-injurious behavior in monkeys (1996)

Jorgensen, M. J., Novak, M. A., Kinsey, J. et al.

Abstract

Approximately 10% of captive, individually-housed monkeys engage in the disturbing phenomenon of self-injurious behavior. Self-biting males had been subjected to more frequent cage transfers than controls, suggesting that excessive disruption of daily routines may either cause or exacerbate self-injurious behavior.