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The effects of behavior therapy, self‐relaxation, and transcendental meditation on cardiovascular stress response
Author(s) -
Puente Antonio E.,
Beiman Irving
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198001)36:1<291::aid-jclp2270360139>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - transcendental meditation , meditation , relaxation (psychology) , relaxation therapy , psychology , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , fight or flight response , stress (linguistics) , social psychology , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , theology , gene
Compared Behavior Therapy (BT), self‐relaxation (SR), transcendental meditation (TM), and a waiting‐list control group (WL) on measures of cardiovascular and subjective stress response. Male and female respondents ( N = 60) to an ad for therapy were evaluated in assessment sessions before and after treatment. The results indicate that BT and SR were more effective than either TM or WL in reducing cardiovascular stress response. These data were interpreted as resulting from therapeutic suggestion and positively reinforced client progress.