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Peer reviewedKirsch, 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
