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Peer reviewedMoss, Martin K.; Arend, Richard A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
College-student snake phobics received one of four treatments to reduce their snake avoidance behavior. Behavioral and self-report assessment showed all three treatments relative to the control to be highly and equally effective in reducing snake avoidance behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, College Students, Desensitization
Peer reviewedSullivan, Bernard J.; Denney, Douglas R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Expectancy instructions were introduced six times during the four-week treatment, and effectiveness of these instructions was demonstrated with independent nonreactive measures of subjects' expectancies. An analysis of self-report, behavioral, and unobtrusive measures of snake anxiety revealed significant main effects for instructions, with…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, College Students
Peer reviewedSuarez, Yolanda; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
Flooding and systematic desensitization procedures were investigated for possible interactions with subject arousal level on reduction in phobic reactions. No such interaction was found. Behaviorally and on GSR response, both flooding and systematic desensitization were effective, but only the latter was effective on subjective reports. (NG)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, College Students
