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An exploratory study of state‐trait anxiety as a function of automated relaxation training, desired changes and drinking behavior
Author(s) -
Knox Wilma J.
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<332::aid-jclp2270360147>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - anxiety , trait anxiety , psychology , relaxation (psychology) , trait , test (biology) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , paleontology , computer science , biology , programming language
Fifty‐two VA domiciliary residents were given four sessions of tape‐recorded relaxation training in small groups. The State‐Trait Anxiety Scale was administered before the first and last training sessions. The experimental group's mean state anxiety decreased from Test I to Test II, but a control group's mean increased ( p <0.025). Both groups decreased in trait anxiety over time ( p <0.001). A significant effect within the experimental group was that 9 residents with disciplinary problems due to intoxication during the training period increased in mean state anxiety, while the remainder of the group decreased. Experimental S s who initially desired many trait changes decreased mean trait anxiety more from Test I to Test II than did the rest of the experimental group ( p <0.025).