Progressive and Self-Induced Relaxation Training: Their Relative Effects on Subjective and Autonomic Arousal to Fearful Stimuli.

Green, Kenneth D.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ245356

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Publication Date: 1981-Apr

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Progressive and Self-Induced Relaxation Training: Their Relative Effects on Subjective and Autonomic Arousal to Fearful Stimuli.

Green, Kenneth D.; And Others

Journal of Clinical Psychology, v37 n2 p309-15 Apr 1981

Compared progressive relaxation training (PRT), self-induced relaxation training (SRT), and a control condition on measures of tonic physiological arousal and phasic physiological and subjective reactions to fearful stimuli. Concluded that live PRT is the treatment of choice for reducing tonic physiological arousal and attenuating subjective response to stressful stimuli. (Author)

Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Techniques, Fear, Physiology, Relaxation Training, Self Help Programs, Stress Variables

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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