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Social Psychophysiology of Relaxation Training

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It has been demonstrated that similar psychophysiological effects can be produced both by relaxation training and by simply sitting quietly (Cork and Cox, 1982). In using subject samples that included individuals with neuroticism scores in the abnormal range, the data showed that control sessions and relaxation training were psychophysiologically equivalent regardless of subjects’ level of neuroticism and prior experience with relaxation or meditation techniques. This pattern of effects may be partly determined by psychosocial factors together with other non-specific effects of the experimental environment (Orne, 1962).

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  1. Stress Research, Nottingham University, Nottingham, England

    Margaret Cork & Tom Cox

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  1. United States International University, San Diego, California, USA

    F. J. McGuigan

  2. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

    Wesley E. Sime

  3. West London Institute of Higher Education, London, England

    J. Macdonald Wallace

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Cork, M., Cox, T. (1984). Social Psychophysiology of Relaxation Training. In: McGuigan, F.J., Sime, W.E., Wallace, J.M. (eds) Stress and Tension Control 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2803-2_10

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