Research in clinical process and outcome methodology: psychophysiology, systematic desensitization and dental fear.

• Eleven dental phobics were treated with a modified systematic desensitization procedure which included EMG biofeedback and videotaped scene presentations. During treatment, multiple psychophysiological recordings as well as subjective and psychometric assessments of mood were made. Intraindividual correlations between process variables were, to a large extent, idiosyncratic. Variance in treatment outcome could be accounted for by change-over treatment sessions of psychometrically assessed mood (R2 = .76) alone or in combination with change-over treatment sessions of minimum heart rate (R2 = .84). The process variable correlation patterns indicate a need for much more multivariate methodological research.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Adult

Behavior Therapy

Biofeedback

Psychology

Dental Care

psychology

Desensitization

Psychologic

Electromyography

Emotions

Female

Galvanic Skin Response

Heart Rate

Humans

Male

Phobic Disorders

physiopathology

therapy

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)