Meichenbaum - Treating stress
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- Created on: 13-02-16 16:33
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- MEICHENBAUM
- STRESS INNOCULATION THERAPY (SIT): 3 stages:
- Stage 1: People made aware of the thoughts they have in stressful situations. e.g. self instructions/verbalisations.
- Stage 2: People taught coping strategies to reconstruct their thoughts. Taught to relax when stressed. Learn self-instructions to relax.
- Stage 3: Use everything they have learned and put it into practice to help them succeed.
- Adopts a COGNITIVE approach as it assumes stress is caused by faulty processing of information.
- Aim:
- To compare SIT with standard behavioural systematic desensitisation and a control group on a waiting list.
- Method and design:
- Field assessment. Students assessed before and after treatment using self-report and grade averages.
- Matched pairs design. Matched on gender and anxiety levels.
- Participants randomly put in 1 of 3 groups: The SIT therapy group, waiting list control group or standard systematic desensitisation group.
- Participants:
- Volunteer sample. Aged 17-25 who responded to an advert for treatment of test anxiety.
- Procedure:
- Each tested using test anxiety questionnaire and allocated to group.
- SIT group received 8 therapy sessions. Given insight approach to help identify thoughts prior to tests. Give positive statements to say and relaxation techniques.
- 8 therapy sessions with progressive relaxation training in systematic desensitisation group which they were encouraged to practice at home.
- Control group told they were on a waiting list and they would receive treatment in future.
- Each tested using test anxiety questionnaire and allocated to group.
- Findings:
- Test performance improved in SIT group compared to other groups. Significant difference between 2 therapy groups and control group.
- SIT group showed more improvement in anxiety levels.
- Conclusions:
- SIT is a more effective way of reducing anxiety in students who are anxiety prone in test situations. It is more effective than behavioural techniques e.g. systematic desensitisation as it adds a cognitive component to the therapy.
- STRESS INNOCULATION THERAPY (SIT): 3 stages:
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