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Comparison of Relaxation as Self-control and Systematic Desensitization in the Treatment of Test Anxiety
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Snyder, Arden L.; Deffenbacher, Jerry L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Relaxation as self-control and desensitization were compared to a wait-list control in reduction of rest and other anxieties. Active treatments differed significantly from the control treatment. Subjects in both treatments reported less debilitating test anxiety, whereas desensitization subjects showed greater facilitating test anxiety. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Exploring the Effectiveness of Reinforcement in Covert Reinforcement Therapy: A Case Study.
Bernal, Guillermo; Wisocki, Patricia A. – 1975
The relative effects of imagerial covert rehearsal with attentional shifts and the use of an independent reinforcing agent in a covert reinforcement therapy were compared. A 17-year-old female student, requesting treatment for a snake phobia, served as the subject. The phobia was measured along four dimensions: behavioral approaches to a live…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies
Comparative Psychotherapy: Rational-Emotive Therapy Versus Systematic Desensitization in the Treatment of Stuttering
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Moleski, Richard; Tosi, Donald J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
The present study examined the efficacy of rational-emotive psychotherapy and systematic desensitization in the treatment of stuttering. Both therapies, making extensive use of in vivo behavioral assignments, were examined under the presence and absence of in vivo tasks. Results show that rational-emotive therapy was more effective in reducing…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attitudes, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems
A Controlled Study to Assess the Clinical Efficacy of Totally Self-Administered Systematic Desensitization
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Rosen, Gerald M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
Highly anxious self-referred snake phobics received either (a) therapist-administered desensitization, (b) self-administered desensitization with weekly therapist phone calls, (c) totally self-administered desensitization, (d) self-administered double-blind placebo control, or (e) no treatment. Pretreatment to posttreatment measures revealed…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attitudes, Behavior Change, Change Strategies
Applied Relaxation as Training in Self-Control
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Chang-Liang, Rosa; Denney, Douglas R. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
Text-anxious students who were high or low in general anxiety were treated with applied relaxation, systematic desensitization, relaxation only, or no treatment (control). The results indicated that applied relaxation was more effective in reducing anxiety than relaxation only and no treatment on measures of general anxiety and measures of test…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, Change Strategies, College Students
Hypnosis Versus Systematic Desensitization in the Treatment of Test Anxiety
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Melnick, Joseph; Russell, Ronald W. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
This study compared the effectiveness of systematic desensitization and the directed experience hypnotic technique in reducing self-reported test anxiety and increasing the academic performance of test-anxious undergraduates (N=36). The results are discussed as evidence for systematic desensitization as the more effective treatment in reducing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Behavior Change, College Students