The importance of home practice for progressive relaxation training

The efficacy of home practice assignments was evaluated as a component of standardized progressive relaxation training. Subjects reporting general anxiety and tension problems were assigned to either a home practice relaxation, no home practice relaxation or wait-list control condition. Treatment wa...

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Published in:Behaviour research and therapy 1983, Vol.21 (6), p.633-642
Main Authors: Hillenberg, J.Bruce, Collins, Frank L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety Disorders - therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Relaxation Therapy
Relaxation. Biofeedback. Hypnosis. Selfregulation. Meditation
Stress, Psychological - therapy
Treatments
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Summary:The efficacy of home practice assignments was evaluated as a component of standardized progressive relaxation training. Subjects reporting general anxiety and tension problems were assigned to either a home practice relaxation, no home practice relaxation or wait-list control condition. Treatment was conducted for 10 sessions over a 5-week period. In addition, subjects in both conditions engaged in in-vivo application of their relaxation skills during a final 2-week application period. Group comparisons showed that both progressive relaxation conditions significantly improved on daily self-monitored general anxiety and tension levels relative to the wait-list control condition. Group analyses of percent subject improvements supported the effectiveness of home practice assignments, especially during the application period. No systematic differences between groups, on physiological and self-report variables, were found during several laboratory relaxation evaluation sessions. This study supports the contribution of home practice assignments to progressive relaxation training.
ISSN:0005-7967
1873-622X
DOI:10.1016/0005-7967(83)90081-5