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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
Peer reviewedSank, Lawrence I. – Social Work, 1976
This article describes a concentrated program of desensitization used to treat flight phobia. A case history illustrates the use of expanded emotive imagery, stimulus breakdown and techniques of covert positive reinforcement. (SJL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Conditioning, Desensitization
Download full textRibordy, Sheila C.
College students with difficulty falling asleep were treated with either progressive relaxation, systematic desensitization, or a thought control procedure. All three treatment groups showed significant lower latency to sleep onset times than a waiting-list control group at the end of the three-week treatment period. A three-week followup revealed…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Desensitization
