Reduction of State and Trait Anxiety by Kind Firmness Attitude Therapy

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The present study's primary goals were: (a) to determine the impact upon state and trait anxiety of a treatment for depression based on Kind Firmness attitude therapy and (b) to compare the effectiveness of that program with the effectiveness of a more conventional form of therapy. Differential effects of the two programs upon neurotics and psychotics were also examined. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was administered to 16 university students, 32 neurotic and 24 psychotic patients on three occasions. Results indicated that neurotics treated on both programs declined significantly in state and trait anxiety. Psychotics treated by the Kind Firmness attitude therapy regime experienced a significant reduction in unpleasant, consciously perceived feelings of tension and anxiety (state) with no significant changes in anxiety proneness (trait). Psychotics treated on the Conventional program, however, demonstrated an opposite pattern of response, experiencing a significant decrease in trait anxiety with no significant changes in state.

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