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Cigarette Smoking Behavior: Self-Managed Change

Description: In the present study, three self-managed treatment programs were compared with respect to their ability to effect and maintain change in the cigarette smoking behavior of 27 subject volunteers from the population of employees of a Veterans Administration hospital. Subjects were randomly assigned to a self—imposed delay group, a self-directed relaxation group, and a self-monitoring group. The experimental program lasted 6 weeks with a 20-minute individual meeting each week. Three months followin… more
Date: May 1977
Creator: Taylor, Paul Wesley
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Skin Temperature Control: A Comparison of Direct Instruction, Autogenic Suggestion, Relaxation, and Biofeedback Training

Description: The purpose of this investigation was to separate the effects, and determine the optimal and most feasible methods, of promoting skin temperature increase in a clinical prison population. There were no significant differences among the instructional sets with respect to skin temperature increase. Skin Temperature feedback significantly delayed the time of maximum temperature increase. However, the average delay of 3.5 minutes was not considered to be clinically significant. No other significant… more
Date: May 1977
Creator: Vasilos, James G.
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The Effects of Stimulation and Depression of the Reticuloendothelial System on Sidman Avoidance Behavior

Description: The present research explored the role of RES manipulation on ongoing Sidman avoidance behavior. Results of the first phase revealed that both experimental drugs significantly altered RES levels in predicted directions after the first measure; however, only stimulated subjects maintained significant differences after 5 days. No activity-level differences were noted in any subjects due to drugs across time. Sidman avoidance data indicated that RES-stimulated subjects showed significant deteriora… more
Date: May 1977
Creator: Stowe, Judith E.
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Imaginal Response Events in Systematic Desensitization

Description: The present research was undertaken to investigate the effects of two independent variables considered potentially important to the reduction of fear through systematic desensitization. The first independent variable investigated was the importance of making covert motor responses when instructions were given to imagine motor behavior. Electromyographic measures were obtained on subjects' covert muscular activity as they imagined themselves raising their arms. The subjects were then classified,… more
Date: December 1977
Creator: Glenn, Sigrid S., 1939-
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Anxiety-Relief Conditioning: An Empirical Investigation

Description: The current study investigated the efficacy of Wolpe's original (1954) paradigm of anxiety-relief conditioning. The procedure consisted of administering a mildly aversive electric shock to a subject for several seconds until the subject said the word "Relax," and the shock was terminated. Repeated pairings were claimed by Wolpe to condition physiological relief to the cue word, "Relax," which could then be employed in order to reduce anxiety in various anxiety provoking situations. Since there … more
Date: August 1977
Creator: LeTendre, Dana
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Insomnia: Effects of Electromyographic Biofeedback, Relaxation Training, and Stimulus Control

Description: Traditional treatment for insomnia has been chemotherapy-- despite short-term value and side effects. Need for an alternative has led to research on behavioral treatment methods for insomnia. Relaxation training has consistently produced effective results, but the limited research on biofeedback and stimulus control suggests that they too may be viable alternate treatment methods. The present research investigated electromyogram (EMG) biofeedback, pseudo-EMG biofeedback, relaxation, training, a… more
Date: December 1977
Creator: Hughes, Ronald C.
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