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Respiratory relief therapy. A new treatment procedure for the reduction of anxiety

Longo, David J., Vom Saal, Walter·1984·Behavior Modification
DOI 10.1177/01454455840083004
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A controlled experiment examined the effectiveness of Respiratory Relief Therapy in reducing public speaking anxiety in college students. The therapy employed two procedures: (a) a systematic desensitization paradigm in which the competing response paired with scene presentations was the relief experienced when the student breathed again after exhaling and holding his or her breath out for as long as possible; and (b) homework assignments to practice breathing deeply and regularly. In this study 60 speech-anxious college students were divided into three groups: a Respiratory Relief Therapy group; a Gradual Repeated Exposure group in which students imagined hierarchy items without initiating a competing response in order to control for placebo and expectancy effects; and a Waiting-List control group in which students were evaluated, waited four weeks, were evaluated again, and then offered treatment. Pre and postmeasures, including self-ratings of anxiety, physiological measures (GSR and pulse rate), and blind observer ratings of videotaped public speaking episodes, showed significantly greater reductions in public speaking anxiety in the Respiratory Relief Therapy group than in the other two groups on most measures, supporting the effectiveness of this procedure in reducing specific anxieties in a controlled experimental setting.

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Authors
Longo, D. J., & Vom Saal, W.
Affiliations
  • Virginia Tech (US)
  • Millersville University
Venue
Behavior Modification
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1984-07
Volume
8
Issue
3
Pages
361-378
ISSN
  • 0145-4455 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-4167
DOI
10.1177/01454455840083004
OpenAlex
W2032166334
Cited by
5
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0
Citations by year
2022: 1
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0.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Behavior Modification (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Communication in Education and Healthcare
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
Keywords
public speaking anxiety, speaking anxiety, systematic desensitization, breathing exercises, university students, skin conductance, pulse rate
MeSH terms
Adult, Anxiety, Humans, Relaxation Therapy, Respiration

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Longo, D. J., & Vom Saal, W. (1984). Respiratory relief therapy. A new treatment procedure for the reduction of anxiety. Behavior Modification. https://doi.org/10.1177/01454455840083004