Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
1978
Abstract
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.
ProQuest Publication Number
ISBN
9798342725736
Recommended Citation
Williams, Robbin Alline, "A Comparison of the Intrasession Effects of Induced Anxiety and Anxiety Management Training on Physiological and Subjective Measures of Arousal." (1978). All ETDs from UAB. 7072.
https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/etd-collection/7072
Comments
MS - Master of Science/Master of Surgery; ProQuest publication number 31751992