Anxiety Reduction by Self-Regulation: Theory, Practice, and Evaluation
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 96 (4) , 483-487
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-96-4-483
Abstract
Self-regulatory therapies such as relaxation, biofeedback and meditation have attracted increasing interest as primary or adjunctive treatments for anxiety in humans. In addition to a clinical perspective, this review provides the medical practitioner with the underlying theory and methodologic issues involved in assessing the efficacy of self-regulation.Keywords
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