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Cardiac Slowing As A Function Of Biofeedback And Sensory Deprivation Or Biofeedback Alone, William D. Kearns
Cardiac Slowing As A Function Of Biofeedback And Sensory Deprivation Or Biofeedback Alone, William D. Kearns
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Boucharq and Corson (1976) found that subjects required to lower heart rate to avoid the loss of money used the strategy of attending to meaningless stimulation twice as often as subjects required to lower heart rates to obtain money, and that subjects decreasing heart rate to avoid the loss of money performed significantly better than subjects required to lower heart rate to obtain money.
Seven male and seven female undergraduates participated in a study designed to test the hypothesis that visual focusing on meaningless stimulation and biofeedback would produce larger heart rate decreases than biofeedback alone. Each subject attended three …
The Effects Of Augmenting Systematic Desensitization, Covert Sensitization And Covert Self-Reward With Group Therapy In The Treatment Of Alcoholism, Thomas R. Sagendorf
The Effects Of Augmenting Systematic Desensitization, Covert Sensitization And Covert Self-Reward With Group Therapy In The Treatment Of Alcoholism, Thomas R. Sagendorf
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of trad~tional group therapy treatment for alcoholic out-patient clients with group therapy plus approaches that incorporated behavioral self-control techniques. Reducing anxiety in social situations was the focus of the behavior therapy treatments. Only alcoholics who were highly anxious (eightieth percentile), according to their scores on the Institute for Personality and Ability Testing (!PAT) Anxiety Scale, were used as subjects.
The subjects were 24 clients from the San Joaquin County Alcoholism Rehabilitation Center who were all undergoing group therapy at the beginning of the study. Trios of subjects were matched on …
Contemporary College Coaching Techniques In Swimming, 1976, Lyle Gordon Collet
Contemporary College Coaching Techniques In Swimming, 1976, Lyle Gordon Collet
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The general problem was to determine if there was a significant relationship among collegiate swim team training methods, final team standings and individual team member’s placement by event in the 1976 NCAA Division I Swimming Championship Meet.