Alpha wave biofeedback training therapy in alcoholics
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Vol. 33 (S1) , 292-299
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(197701)33:1+<292::aid-jclp2270330166>3.0.co;2-l
Abstract
Alcoholics (25) were compared to a matched control group before and after administration of a 3 wk .alpha.-wave biofeedback regimen on criteria that included State-Trait Anxiety, the MMPI [Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory], Multiple Affect Adjective Check List, Zuckerman''s Sensation Seeking Scale, Watson''s Anhedonia Scale, the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale and baseline .alpha.. The experimental Ss [subjects] received 10 hour-long .alpha.-training sessions. The experimentals showed more improvement than did controls on .alpha. production and 2 anxiety measures. Contradictory results appeared on 2 suspicion/paranoia measures. .alpha.-Training was useful in the treatment of anxiety, but not other problems. The absence of significant correlations between amount of changes on .alpha. and the anxiety measures suggests that the improvement may be due to a placebo effect.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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