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Moss, Martin K.; Arend, Richard A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
College-student snake phobics received one of four treatments to reduce their snake avoidance behavior. Behavioral and self-report assessment showed all three treatments relative to the control to be highly and equally effective in reducing snake avoidance behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, College Students, Desensitization
Expectancy and Phobic Level: Effects on Desensitization
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Sullivan, Bernard J.; Denney, Douglas R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Expectancy instructions were introduced six times during the four-week treatment, and effectiveness of these instructions was demonstrated with independent nonreactive measures of subjects' expectancies. An analysis of self-report, behavioral, and unobtrusive measures of snake anxiety revealed significant main effects for instructions, with…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, College Students