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Peer reviewedWhite, W. C., Jr.; Berger, Florence – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
The present study investigated the effects on socially incompetent college students (N=20) of a group program that used social-learning theory and behavior-rehearsal techniques. Significant gains in social competence were shown. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, College Students, Desensitization, Group Activities
Download full textLeventhal, Allan M. – 1971
The author describes a counseling technique which: (1) is based upon behavior theory and treats acts and thoughts as operants, and anxiety as a respondent controlled by classical conditioning; (2) entails in vivo desensitization, requiring the construction of a hierarchy of anxiety-producing situations which can be enacted; (3) uses peer- or…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
