Live and taped relaxation instructions: effects of procedural variables. Biofeedback Self Regul 1986 Mar;11(1):31-46
Date
03/01/1986Pubmed ID
3542055DOI
10.1007/BF00999350Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0022976974 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 3 CitationsAbstract
Two experiments were designed to assess the effects of relaxation training, therapist presence or absence, live versus taped voice, and response-contingent versus noncontingent instructional progress on measures of subjective relaxation and frontal EMG. In the first experiment, it was found that subjects receiving taped instructions showed greater within-session subjective relaxation and lowering of within-session frontal EMG than subjects in a control condition. No differential training effects of therapist presence or absence was noted. In a second experiment, no significant differences in relaxation measures were found between subjects receiving live, response-contingent instructions and subjects receiving live, noncontingent instructions. Moreover, no meaningful differences in relaxation measures were found between subjects receiving live and taped instructions.
Author List
Hamberger LK, Schuldt WJMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentAdult
Anxiety
Female
Humans
Male
Psychotherapy
Relaxation Therapy
Tape Recording