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Alleviation of performance deficits of depression through thermal biofeedback training
Author(s) -
Klee Steven,
Meyer Robert G.
Publication year - 1981
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(198107)37:3<515::aid-jclp2270370312>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - learned helplessness , biofeedback , psychology , depression (economics) , task (project management) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , management , economics , macroeconomics
Explored thermal biofeedback as a method of reducing performance deficits associated with depression. A depressed and nondepressed control group and a depressed group given pretreatment with biofeedback were ( N = 30) compared on their performance on an escape/avoidance task. As predicted by the learned helplessness model of depression, depressed controls showed significantly poorer performance than both other groups. The depressed biofeedback and nondepressed control groups did not differ from one another. Implications for alleviation of depression are discussed.