G543 - Managing Stress - Budzynski

Question 1

What type of method was used? What were participants trained in?

Answer 1

Experimental method. Participants trained in a lab

Question 2

Who were the participants?

Answer 2

18 people (16 male 2 female) who replied to an advert in a newspaper in Colorado

Question 3

What type of design was used?

Answer 3

Independent measures

Question 4

How many therapy groups were there? How were pps assigned to these?

Answer 4

3, randomly

Question 5

Group A:

1. How many sessions?
2. What were they taught?
3. What were they told?
4. What did slower clicks indicate?

Answer 5

1. 16 sessions, 2 a week for 8 weeks
2. Relaxation techniques
3. The clicks of the machine would reflect muscle tension
4. Less tension

Question 6

Group B:

1. How many sessions?
2. What were they told to concentrate on?
3. What type of feedback were they given?

Answer 6

1. 16 sessions, two a week for 8 weeks
2. Told to concentrate on the varying clicks
3. Given pseudo feedback

Question 7

Group C:

1. What were they not given?
2. When were they told they would begin training?

Answer 7

1. Training

2. In 2 months

Question 8

After 3 months, which group’s tension was significantly lower than what other group?

Answer 8

Group A’s tension was significantly lower than group B’s

Question 9

Which groups reported headaches dropped significantly from their baseline?

Answer 9

Group A’s, whereas the others didn’t

Question 10

Which group did drug usage also decrease in?

Answer 10

Group A, more than group B

Question 11

what did Budzynski conclude that biofeedback was effective in? So can be seen as what?

Answer 11

It was an effective way of relaxing patients and reducing tension headaches so can be seen as an effective method of stress management

Question 12

What did Budzynski aim to find out?

Answer 12

Whether biofeedback is an effective method of reducing tension headaches