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Trait anxiety reductions in a substance abuse population trained in stress management
Author(s) -
Charlesworth Edward A.,
Dempsey George
Publication year - 1982
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(198210)38:4<764::aid-jclp2270380412>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - anger management , anxiety , stress management , psychology , situational ethics , clinical psychology , anger , group psychotherapy , population , trait anxiety , trait , psychiatry , substance abuse , medicine , social psychology , environmental health , computer science , programming language
Investigated a 2‐week (eight‐session) stress management training program into an ongoing psychotherapy group for 11 hospitalized polydrug‐abusing patients. These patients were compared to a control group of 14 similar patients on the same ward, who were participating in different psychotherapy groups. Results indicated that the stress management treatment group produced significant decreases in trait anxiety on the STAI ( p <.005) and TMAS ( p <.01). The control group's reduction was not significant, and the difference between the two groups was significant ( p <.05). Subjective reports suggested that treatment Ss used the stress management techniques to overcome insomnia associated with withdrawal, to manage anger, and to reduce situational anxiety.