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Effects of instructional‐expectancy sets on relaxation training with prisoners
Author(s) -
Bassett John E.,
Blanchard Edward B.,
Estes L. Dean
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(197704)5:2<166::aid-jcop2290050211>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - expectancy theory , psychology , relaxation (psychology) , training (meteorology) , life expectancy , cognitive psychology , social psychology , applied psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , geography , environmental health , population , meteorology
The effects of expectancy for improvement in relaxation training were examined in a factorial experiment. Relaxation training via audio tape was compared with relaxation from a soothing music tape. These two conditions were crossed with three levels of expectancy (high, medium, and low) and the effects measured with three dependent measures of anxiety (A‐State, A‐Trait, A‐Continuum) over three 45‐minute training sessions. Results indicated significant anxiety reduction for only the relaxation groups. Although the expectancy manipulation was highly successful as indicated by a manipulation check, the participants' expectancy for improvement was not related to decrements on the anxiety measures.