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Making Self-Help More Helpful: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of Augmenting Self-Help Materials with Implementation Intentions on Promoting the Effective Self-Management of Anxiety Symptoms
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Varley, Rachel; Webb, Thomas L.; Sheeran, Paschal – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: The effectiveness of self-help materials may be constrained by failures to undertake recommended exercises or to deploy the techniques that one has learned at the critical moment. The present randomized controlled trial investigated whether augmenting self-help materials with if-then plans (or implementation intentions) could overcome…
Descriptors: Intervention, Computer Software, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
A Controlled Comparison of Cognitive Therapy and Self-Help Support Groups in the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
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Payne, Annette; Blanchard, Edward B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (n=34) were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 treatment conditions for 8 weeks: individualized cognitive treatment, support group, or control. Results indicated significantly greater reductions in gastrointestinal symptoms and amelioration of depression and anxiety for the cognitive therapy group, and these results…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Restructuring, Depression (Psychology), Higher Education
Self-Desensitization and Meditation in the Reduction of Public Speaking Anxiety.
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Kirsch, Irving; Henry, David – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Speech-anxious students were assigned to self-administered treatment conditions: (1) systematic desensitization, (2) desensitization with meditation replacing progressive relaxation, and (3) meditation only. Treatment manuals included coping-skill instructions. Treatments were equally effective in reducing anxiety and produced a greater reduction…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Coping, Desensitization, Independent Study
Internet-Based Self-Help with Therapist Feedback and in Vivo Group Exposure for Social Phobia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Andersson, Gerhard; Carlbring, Per; Holmstrom, Annelie; Sparthan, Elisabeth; Furmark, Tomas; Nilsson-Ihrfelt, Elisabeth; Buhrman, Monica; Ekselius, Lisa – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Sixty-four individuals with social phobia (social anxiety disorder) were assigned to a multimodal cognitive-behavioral treatment package or to a waiting list control group. Treatment consisted of a 9-week, Internet-delivered, self-help program that was combined with 2 group exposure sessions in real life and minimal therapist contact via e-mail.…
Descriptors: Internet, Self Help Programs, Allied Health Personnel, Feedback