| Titel: | The Effect of Self-Deception on the Treatment of Anxiety through Stress Management Techniques |
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| Autor: | achman, VJ |
| Mediengruppe: | --- |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | --- |
| Jahr: | 1984 |
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| Heft: | --- |
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| Sprache: | englisch |
| Abstract: | This study sought to determine whether self-deception would influence the effectiveness of a stress management program that included self-awareness components. One of the major impediments to self-awareness is self-deception, the conscious refusal to accept certain information that is, in fact, known and true. If highly self-deceptive individuals choose not to perceive events as stressful, the effectiveness of stress reduction programs that focus on self-awareness may be questioned. In that case, facilitation of self-awareness may be a necessary first stage for such individuals. A review of the literature indicated that stress management, using a variety of techniques, is effective in helping people moderate their anxiety reactions. A group of 23 first-year graduate students in counseling comprised the control and experimental groups. The experimetal subjects participated in a seven-week program that consisted of one-hour sessions that included instruction in progressive relaxation, autogenic relaxation, Hatha yoga, and diaphragmatic breathing. To increase self-awareness, they maintaned a daily stress log. Both groups were pretested using the Self-Deception Questionnaire and the Hassles Scale, and posttested, using the Hassles Scale only. The Self-Deception Questionnaire was divided into high and low self-deceptive groups using both mean and median scores. The Hassles Scale was scored for both frequency and intensity. The stress logs recorded the subjective impressions of the intensity of bodily responses to stressors and the ability to manage those responses. Statistical analyses consisted of the use of ANCOVA to determine the significance of the differences among the variables of self-deception, the two Hassles scores, and the two scores taken from the stress logs. There were no significant findings. (Copies available exclusively from Micrographics Department, Doheny Library, USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089.) |