SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION AS A COUNTER-CONDITIONING PROCESS
SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION AS A COUNTER-CONDITIONING PROCESS
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DOI:
10.1037/h0025501
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发表时间:
1968-01-01
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
DAVISON, GC
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作者:
DAVISON, GC
SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION, SHOWN TO REDUCE AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR, ENTAILS THE CONTIGUOUS PAIRING OF AVERSIVE IMAGINAL STIMULI WITH ANXIETY COMPETING RELAXATION. IF THE EFFICIACY OF THE PROCEDURE DERIVES FROM A GENUINE COUNTERCONDITIONING PROCESS, A DISRUPTION OF THE PAIRING BETWEEN GRADED AVERSIVE STIMULI AND RELAXATION SHOULD MAKE IT INEFFECTIVE IN MODIFYING AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR IN 28 FEMALE STUDENTS. THIS HYPOTHESIS WAS CONFIRMED: SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR WAS OBSERVED ONLY IN DESENSITIZATION SS, WITH NONE OCCURRING EITHER IN YOKED SS FOR WHOM RELAXATION WAS PAIRED WITH IRRELEVANT STIMULI OR IN YOKED SS WHO WERE GRADUALLY EXPOSED TO THE IMAGINAL AVERSIVE STIMULI WITHOUT RELAXATION. OTHER THEORETICAL ISSUES WERE RAISED, SUCH AS TRANSFER FROM IMAGINAL TO ACTUAL STIMULUS SITUATIONS.(44 REF.)(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)