Biofeedback, relaxation training, and music: homeostasis for coping with stress

This study compared the efficacy of five relaxation training procedures, four of which employed EMG auditory feedback: biofeedback only (BF), autogenic training phrases (ATP), music (MU), autogenic training phrases and music (ATP & MU), and a control group, in developing self-regulation of a &qu...

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Published in:Biofeedback and Self-Regulation 1984-06, Vol.9 (2), p.169-179
Main Author: REYNOLDS, S. B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Arousal
Autogenic Training
Biofeedback, Psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Electromyography
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Muscle Contraction
Muscle Relaxation
Music
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Relaxation. Biofeedback. Hypnosis. Selfregulation. Meditation
Stress, Psychological - complications
Transfer (Psychology)
Treatments
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Summary:This study compared the efficacy of five relaxation training procedures, four of which employed EMG auditory feedback: biofeedback only (BF), autogenic training phrases (ATP), music (MU), autogenic training phrases and music (ATP & MU), and a control group, in developing self-regulation of a "cultivated low arousal state" as a countermeasure to tensed muscular reaction to stressful imagery. Twenty subjects established a pre- and posttraining frontalis region EMG biofeedback baseline measurement. Sixteen subjects were assigned at random to the 25-minute taped relaxation training procedure. After eight training sessions (4 weeks), MU and ATP & MU groups achieved highly significant differences when compared with the control group. The ATP & MU group attained the lowest postbaseline arousal level measured by the EMG. EMG as a physiological measure for transfer of training functioned well in detecting the psychophysiological affect of stressful imagery.
ISSN:0363-3586
1573-3270
DOI:10.1007/BF00998832