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Publication Date: 1986
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Presurgical Anxiety and Postsurgical Pain and Adjustment: Effects of a Stress Inoculation Procedure.
Wells, Judith K.; And Others
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v54 n6 p831-35 Dec 1986
Surgery patients (N=24) were randomly assigned either to a stress inoculation intervention or to a standard hospital instructions control. The results demonstrated the utility of stress inoculation training in providing surgical patients with a self-regulation technique to reduce their experiences of anxiety and pain and to improve their postoperative adjustment. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Coping, Emotional Adjustment, Intervention, Patients, Stress Management, Surgery
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Language: English
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