Interviewed chronically ill persons who died within months of the interview, chronically ill persons who did not die, and healthy persons who did not die. Revealed characteristic pattern of reactions among persons who later died, which included little uncertainty or expressed anger but much depression, guilt, and fear of bodily damage, together…

Describes six stage hierarchial patterns in the development of self-control through biofeedback. The stages include Skeletal and Striated Muscle Tension; Visceral Involvement-Anxiety Neuroses; Chronic Physiological Dysfunctioning; Decision Making Competency; Twilight Learning-Permissive Concentration; and Autogenic Feedback Training. (BL)

Compared the psychological state and background variables of female first offenders and women who had served previous terms (N=61). Depression, anxiety, and social/emotional adjustment of the two groups were similar. First offenders were more likely to be married and to have more children and less likely to have been abused. (JAC)

Investigated the relationship of the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale (MAC) to personality type and level of emotional distress using Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scores of 38 alcoholic males. No relationship was found between the MAC and magnitude of psychological distress, as measured by T scores. (JAC)

The study examined the possibility of reducing the fear of death in early adolescents through a 12-lesson unit designed to assist the student to achieve an attitude of integration toward life and death. (NQ)

The correlations of the Sensation Seeking Scale with Personality scales indicate that the general sensation seeking trait is related to an uninhibited, nonconforming, inpulsive, dominant type of extraversion, but not particularly related to the socialization type of extraversion. (Author)

The results were interpreted as demonstrating a relationship between the findings of two independent lines of research on therapy outcome, one basing outcome predictions on client-centered theoretical constructs, the other on the empirical value of the A-B scale. (Author)

The author relates his experiences in using a modified form of systematic desensitization in a public school setting with counselees whose success and development are hampered by test anxiety and fear of public speaking. (Author)

After postulating that anxiety commits the individual to the psychological present, to the detriment of long-range cognitive projections, a series of three data collections are presented. The clearest support for a cognitive interpretation of anxiety is to be noted in the disturbed future time perspective, which all three data collections support.…

It was predicted that phobic Ss receiving systematic desensitization would show greater reductions on both fear-related behavior measures and simulated fear measures than Ss receiving relaxation treatment or no treatment at all. The prediction was confirmed. (Author)

The position is taken in this paper that inexpressiveness is a culturally produced temperament trait which is characteristic of many American males. It is suggested that in growing up, boys are taught that expressiveness is inconsistent with masculinity. (Author)

This study investigated the hypothesis that fears are attitudes and can be reduced through the use of positive reinforcement. (Author)

In the present paper, the author examines the two different configurations of anxiety phenomena - the experience of the other-being-anxious and anxious experiencing. (Author)