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Griffin, McKenzie; Campos, Heloisa Cursi; Khramtsova, Irina; Pearce, Amy R. – College Student Journal, 2020
This study's aim was to examine biofeedback, specifically the Heart-Math® Inner Balance technology, as an effective tool for decreasing stress and anxiety while increasing perceived coping ability in college students. Seven students from a university campus were selected to use the device in an A-B-A-B experimental design for four or eight weeks.…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Stress Variables, College Students, Biofeedback
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Martin, Paul R.; Forsyth, Michael R.; Reece, John – Behavior Therapy, 2007
Sixty-four headache sufferers were allocated randomly to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), temporal pulse amplitude (TPA) biofeedback training, or waiting-list control. Fifty-one participants (14M/37F) completed the study, 30 with migraine and 21 with tension-type headache. Treatment consisted of 8, 1-hour sessions. CBT was highly effective,…
Descriptors: Coping, Biofeedback, Therapy, Cognitive Restructuring
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Weise, Cornelia; Heinecke, Kristin; Rief, Winfried – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Many tinnitus sufferers believe that their tinnitus has an organic basis and thus seek medical rather than psychological treatments. Tinnitus has been found to be associated with negative appraisal, dysfunctional attention shift, and heightened psychophysiological arousal, so cognitive-behavioral interventions and biofeedback are commonly…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Patients
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Keefe, Francis J.; Gil, Karen M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1986
Reviews behavioral and psychological concepts currently applied to the assessment and treatment of chronic pain syndromes, including operant conditioning and psychophysiologic concepts such as the stress-pain hypothesis, the pain-muscle spasm-pain cycle, and the neuromuscular pain model. Discusses relaxation and biofeedback training and concepts…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Biofeedback, Cognitive Psychology
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Cassel, Russell N.; Sumantardja, Elmira N. – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1982
Describes Type-A personality as the result of mad pursuit for excellence, characteristic in Western Culture. Relaxation training and stress reduction in management, combined with careful ordering of priorities for single goal attainment, results in Type-C personalities, which implies the development of coping skills for achieving goals.…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adults, Biofeedback, Computer Oriented Programs