Title: A psychophysiological comparison of two approaches to relaxation and anxity induction
Abstract: This study investigated the effects of two different instructional sets on psychophysiological correlates of the behavior therapy technique of Induced Anxiety. Cardiac and respiration rate data were collected for 16 subjects while they participated in the essential phases of the technique: relaxation, induced arousal, relaxation. Subjects were randomly assigned within a counterbalanced design to two treatments; Induced Anxiety with preparation by general relaxation suggestions and Induced Anxiety with preparation by operant hypnoidal induction. Cardiac and respiration rates showed significant increase under both treatments for induced arousal relative to relaxation phases. Respiration rate manifested no difference between instructional treatments. Cardiac rate was significantly greater for the three phases of Induced Anxiety under the operant hypnoidal treatment than under the general relaxation preparation.
Publication Year: 1971
Publication Date: 1971-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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