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Effects of a Self-Control Manual, Rapid Smoking, and Amount of Therapist Contact on Smoking Reduction.
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Glasgow, Russell E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Evaluated a self-help treatment manual consisting of stimulus control, rapid smoking, and coping relaxation techniques. While the overall program was moderately effective, groups did not differ in percentage of baseline smoking or in number of subjects abstinent at posttreatment. Implications for self-help smoking reduction manuals are discussed.…
Descriptors: Adults, Coping, Counselor Client Relationship, Program Effectiveness
Self-Desensitization and Meditation in the Reduction of Public Speaking Anxiety.
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Kirsch, Irving; Henry, David – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Speech-anxious students were assigned to self-administered treatment conditions: (1) systematic desensitization, (2) desensitization with meditation replacing progressive relaxation, and (3) meditation only. Treatment manuals included coping-skill instructions. Treatments were equally effective in reducing anxiety and produced a greater reduction…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Coping, Desensitization, Independent Study