Individual Variation in Behavioral Change following Role Playing
- 1 February 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 24 (1) , 155-170
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1969.24.1.155
Abstract
In a study of the effect of role playing on cigarette smoking 44 adult male Ss pretended to be either the patient or doctor in a conference over a physical check-up The “patient” was informed he had lung cancer and had to decide whether to undergo an operation on five-day follow-ups 9 Ss reported reduced smoking by 8 cigarettes or more per day; 7 Ss (including 3 of the original 9) showed similar reductions after 4 months. All Ss who reduced smoking were internally oriented on the I/E scale. Verbalized intentions were not related to reductions in smoking levels. Situational anxiety predicted verbal intentions but not behavioral change.Keywords
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