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Richards, C. Steven – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1975
Investigates the efficacy of two behavioral self-control procedures as additions to the typical treatment for college students' study behavior--study skills advice. Predicted self-monitoring would be an effective treatment addition to study skills advice and study skills advice would be superior to the control groups. Results supported…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Counseling
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Richardson, Frank C.; Suinn, Richard M. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1974
Accelerated massed desensitization and anxiety management training were compared with standard systematic desensitization in terms of reducing self-reported test anxiety in high test-anxious college students. All three treatments significantly reduced test anxiety as compared with a waiting list control group. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Objectives
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Wilson, Charles J.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1974
Compared effects of six sessions of group counseling of nine chronic home hemodialysis patients with a comparable no treatment control group. Comparisons revealed no significant differences between groups. Subsequent testing a year later suggested that hemodialysis patients use the defensive mechanism of denial in adapting to their condition.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Objectives, Counseling Effectiveness
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Perri, Michael G.; Richards, C. Steven – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
College students, 48 males and 48 females, were interviewed about attempts to self-control overeating, smoking, studying, or dating. Results indicated successful self-controllers used more techniques for longer periods of time, use of self-reinforcement procedures was an important discriminant of successful self-management, and methods varied…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Habit Formation
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Tittler, Bennett I.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
Two self-report measures of openness and two behavioral measures of openness were administered to 50 subjects prior to and immediately following one of four treatment procedures. Contrary to prediction, none of the measures indicated an increase in openness for those subjects who had undergone openness-promoting treatments. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Dogmatism
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Heffernan, Thomas; Richards, C. Steven – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
Evaluated naturally occurring methods for self-controlling poor study behavior. Successful and unsuccessful subjects were interviewed and observed. The successful methods were evaluated in a controlled treatment study. The self-control techniques identified in the earlier steps received some further support in the last step. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Higher Education
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Dixon, David N.; Claiborn, Charles D. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
Tested the effects on social power of two aspects of client need: perceived need (high or low) and commitment to change (high and low). Results show perceived need had no significant effect on attitude change or information seeking. Commitment to change procedures had a significant effect on information-seeking behaviors. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Career Choice