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Behavioral relaxation training and assessment / Roger Poppen.
LIBRA BF637.R45 P66 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poppen, Roger.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Relaxation--Study and teaching--Philosophy.
- Relaxation.
- Relaxation--Methodology.
- Behaviorism (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- vii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1998]
- Summary:
- Broader coverage of the disorders for which relaxation training is known to be useful, and an expanded section on special populations, are new to the second edition of this volume. Roger Poppen provides a general framework for all relaxation training methodologies from a behavioural perspective, with a focus on new methods of training and assessing relaxation.
- Based on the research and clinical practice of the author and his students, methods are presented in sufficient detail for practitioners to adopt them in a variety of applications. The assessment procedure described is not specific to the training method and can be employed with any relaxation training procedure. Extrapolations and projections for future directions in
- Contents:
- 1. A Behavioral Analysis of Relaxation 1
- Theories of Relaxation 2
- Relaxation Training Methods 16
- 2. Assessment of Relaxation 25
- Why Measure? 26
- Current Measures of Relaxation 28
- The Behavioral Relaxation Scale 39
- Multimodal Assessment 63
- 3. Behavioral Relaxation Training 69
- Before Training 70
- Acquisition Training Procedures 73
- Proficiency Training Procedures 81
- Some Problems 86
- Variations of Behavioral Relaxation Training 88
- 4. Behavioral Relaxation Training With Special Populations 99
- Modifications of Behavioral Relaxation Training 101
- Intellectual Disabilities 105
- Acquired Brain Injury 117
- Hyperactivity Disorder 122
- Schizophrenia 135
- 5. Clinical Applications and Extrapolations 141
- Case Studies of Behavioral Relaxation Training in Clinical Practice 142
- Targets of Relaxation Training 159
- Combining Behavioral Relaxation Training With Other Relaxation Procedures 172
- Directions for Future Research 176.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-199) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0761912002
- 0761912010
- OCLC:
- 37935179
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