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Download full textCarrico, Kenneth L.; Riggs, Ronald C. – 1975
The purpose of this study was to investigate the function of positive attentional cues as cognitive factors in the modification of fear responses in a desensitization-like treatment procedure. Positive attentional cues are defined as positively-valenced descriptors of the feared stimulus. Two groups of two subjects each were assessed as to the…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Behavior Change, Cognitive Processes, Conditioning
Peer reviewedHolroyd, Kenneth A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
This study assessed the comparative effectiveness of cognitive, arousal reduction, and combined cognitive and arousal reduction treatments for test anxiety. Results indicated cognitive therapy was more effective in reducing anxiety in the analogue testing situation and improving grade point average than other treatment and control procedures.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Cognitive Processes
