Why the study?
Does cognitive imagery or biofeedback relaxation reduce tension behaviors and physiological tension in clinically tense young adults?
Population
45 female college students described as clinically tense young adults
Comparison
Guided cognitive imagery relaxation or frontalis… vs Self-rest control procedure
Follow-up
3 weekly sessions
Authors
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May favor imagery for anxiety in tense young adults; leaves open optimal strategy pending higher-level trials.
Does cognitive imagery or biofeedback relaxation reduce tension behaviors and physiological tension in clinically tense young adults?
Cognitively mediated protocols appear more effective than physiologically based biofeedback for treating specific or general anxiety behaviors in tense young adults.
Schandler et al. (1983) studied this question.
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