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Peer reviewedKowitt, Michael R.; Garske, John P. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Investigated the effects of therapy modality and self-disclosure tendency and gender. High N=40 and 40 low scorers on a modified self-disclosure questionnaire were asked to rate audiotapes of simulated therapy sessions on several dimensions. High self-disclosers preferred client-centered therapy and low self-disclosers preferred systematic…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Desensitization, Higher Education, Psychotherapy
Download full textCunin, Bert; Cunin, Beth H. – 1975
This study explores counseling preferences of college students and their relationship to students' sex, major, and year in school. A questionnaire (Direction-Unconscious Motivation Scale) designed to assess attitudes toward psychoanalytic, behavioral therapy and client-centered counseling approaches was given to 683 volunteers who were students at…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Services
Peer reviewedSlutsky, Jeffrey M.; Allen, George J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
After participating in a public speaking situation that allowed collection of self-report, physiological, and behavioral manifestations of anxiety, 67 subjects were randomly assigned to either desensitization, "T scope" therapy, or no treatment. Desensitization reduced public speaking anxiety in both contexts, whereas the placebo was effective…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Objectives
Peer reviewedHollandsworth, James G., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
A job interview skills workshop model was compared with the traditional lecture-discussion group approach. Results indicated the behavioral group made significant gains in percentage of eye contact. The discussion group was superior in ratings of ability and expression of feelings and personal opinions relevant to the interview. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Modification, College Students, Employment Interviews
Ryan, Victor L.; And Others – Journal of Counsulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
Changes in self-concept as a function of behavioral treatment for test anxiety are investigated. Test-anxious subjects (N=72) were randomly assigned to systematic desensitization, relaxation-training only, or no-treatment control conditions. Results indicate that the desensitization and relaxation treatments were both effective in reducing test…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification
Atkinson, Donald R.; And Others – 1978
Subjects were 46 undergraduates attending a major West Coast university who self-monitored their study behavior for four weeks under one of four conditions: (1) expectation of reactivity; (2) cumulative charting, (3) combined expectation and charting; and (4) control group (given no expectation or cumulative chart). Although definitive conclusions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, College Students
