Effectiveness Of Systematic Desensitization Research Articles

Anger, arousal, and systematic desensitization.

The effect of systematic desensitization on semantic and physiological responses to anger-inducing scenes was examined with 20 nursing students. Pre- and post-treatment GSR, and semantic responses of a treatment and a no-treatment control group were obtained during exposure to anger-inducing scenes. Results supported the hypothesis that systematic desensitization reduces arousal and rated anger to the scenes.

Anger and systematic desensitization: a follow-up.

The effect of systematic desensitization on anger in response to treatment related and non-treatment-related items on the Reaction Inventory was studied 6 mo. following systematic desensitization or no treatment. 6 mo. after treatment, the treatment group had maintained reduction in anger, whereas, the no-treatment group showed no change in anger to the treatment and non-treatment-related items.

Effect of systematic desensitization on the training of counselors.

Effect of systematic desensitization on the training of counselors.

Effects of systematic desensitization, programmed fantasy and bibliotherapy on a specific fear

The present study was an attempt to compare the efficacy of three treatments in reducing the fear of a harmless snake, to determine whether extraverts and introverts are differentially affected by systematic desensitization and to determine whether scores on an anxiety test are reduced as a result of successful treatment of a specific fear. Twenty-nine snake-fearing college students were randomly divided into three groups. A systematic desensitization group was treated in the usual manner, whereas a programmed fantasy group imagined the same scenes for the same length of time as the systematic desensitization group, but had no instructions in relaxation and had minimal contact with E. A bibliotherapy group read about snakes, and also had minimal contact with E. No significant differences were found between the efficacy of systematic desensitization and programmed fantasy, but both were more effective than bibliotherapy. These results were discussed in terms of the role of muscular relaxation in systematic desensitization. Systematic desensitization was found equally effective with extraverts, introverts and ambiverts, but successful treatment of the fear of a harmless snake did not result in a significant reduction of scores on an anxiety test.

The Effect of systematic desensitization on speech anxiety

(1970). The Effect of systematic desensitization on speech anxiety. The Speech Teacher: Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 32-36.

Pilot study on the effectiveness of systematic desensitization with neurologically impaired children with phobic disorders.

Pilot study on the effectiveness of systematic desensitization with neurologically impaired children with phobic disorders.

The transfer gap in systematic desensitization: An analogue study

The effect of systematic desensitization upon snake fearful subjects was compared in two conditions. In the first, relaxation was paired with imagined scenes of the snake, and in the second with a real snake. The second group improved more in a behavioral approach test and evidenced less anxiety as measured by GSR than the first group. The results point to an inefficiency of the imaginative process, and the possibility that behavioral change is enhanced by contact with the feared object.