Graduate Students' Effectiveness at Training Others in Progressive Relaxation Training

Authors

Robert A. Fox, Marquette UniversityFollow
Deborah Baum Falkner, Ohio State University
Wanda R. Lopuch, Marquette University

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

2 p.

Publication Date

2-1984

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Source Publication

Teaching of Psychology

Source ISSN

0098-6283

Abstract

The technique of progressive muscle relaxation, originally developed by Jacobson (1938), is frequently used by behavior therapists in the treatment of generalized anxiety, insomnia, headaches, neck and back pain (Rimm & Masters, 1979) and in combination with systematic desensitization for the treatment of fears (Wolpe, 1973) and other anxiety based problems (e.g., test anxiety; Donner & Gurney, 1969). In the teaching area, most researchers have focused on assessing student success at self-administering progressive relaxation training (PRT) and related behavioral procedures (Menges & Dobroski, 1977; Warren, 1980). The present study empirically assessed how effective graduate students in psychology were at training undergraduate volunteers in PRT.

Comments

Teaching of Psychology, Vol. 11, No. 1 (February 1984): 51-52. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Fox, Robert A.; Falkner, Deborah Baum; and Lopuch, Wanda R., "Graduate Students' Effectiveness at Training Others in Progressive Relaxation Training" (1984). College of Education Faculty Research and Publications. 315.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/edu_fac/315