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Peer reviewedBeiman, Irving; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Compared live and taped progressive relaxation (LR, TR), self-relaxation (SR), and electromyogram biofeedback (BF) on measures of autonomic and somatic arousal and subjective tension. LR was superior to RE on reductions in physiological arousal; SR and BR were equivalent except for the superiority of SR on reductions in autonomic arousal.…
Descriptors: Adults, Anxiety, Arousal Patterns, Behavioral Objectives
Peer reviewedRussell, Richard K.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
Test-anxious subjects (N=19) participated in an outcome study comparing systematic desensitization, cue-controlled relaxation, and no treatment. The treatment groups demonstrated significant improvement on the self-report measures of test and state anxiety but not on the behavioral indices. The potential advantages of this technique over…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, College Students, Cues
