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Download full textMiller, Harold R.; And Others – 1970
From 300 introductory psychology students, 40 female "snake phobics" were selected to test the hypothesis that distraction paired with fearful imagery is effective in alleviating the "phobia." Subjects were divided into three treatment groups and a control group: H+PI (fear hierarchy plus pleasant imagery as distraction), H+P…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, College Students, Conditioning
Peer reviewedKipper, David A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Desensitization therapy was offered to Israeli soldiers suffering from fears developed as a result of their participation in the Yom Kippur War. Two kinds of in vivo desensitization procedures used were: (a) an individual self-administered in vivo desensitization and (b) in vivo desensitization in dyads. Advantages of these procedures discussed.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Behavior Change, Desensitization
PDF pending restorationSime, Wesley E. – 1977
The purpose of this investigation was to compare the effects of brief treadmill exercise and meditation with a placebo-control treatment for reduction in several physiological and psychological measures of stress, anxiety, and tension before and after a written final examination in 48 high-test anxiety subjects. The subjects, 24 men and 24 women,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Analysis of Covariance, Anxiety, Conditioning
