A Comparison of the Intrasession Effects of Induced Anxiety and Anxiety Management Training on Physiological and Subjective Measures of Arousal.

The purpose of the present study was to compare in one treatment session the effects of two behavior therapy techniques, Induced Anxiety and Anxiety Management Training, on both subjective and physiological measures of arousal. In addition, the effect of subjects' level of trait anxiety on response to the treatment techniques was evaluated. Subjects were 24 college students who fell within either the high or low trait anxious category. Results suggested no statistical difference between the two techniques in the amount of arousal or the degree of subsequent relaxation produced. A qualitative difference in response to the techniques was suggested. High trait anxious subjects responded with more physiological and subjective arousal than did low anxious subjects. However, these results were not statistically significant. The somewhat narrowed range in trait anxiety scores in the present study was suggested as a possible explanation for the lack of significant results.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Year

1978

Author dc:creator

• Williams, Robbin Alline

• Anxiety Management Training
• Physiological measures
• Anxious category
• Behavior therapy

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/etd-collection/7072

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.library.uab.edu:etd-collection-8064