Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a cognitive-behavioral, biofeedback-assisted intervention to impart skills for coping with stressful encounters in a nonclinical adolescent population. Israeli Arab and Israeli Jewish participants completed pre- and postintervention questionnaires assessing state anxiety, test anxiety, behavior symptoms, hostility, and self-esteem. Electrodermal activity was recorded using biofeedback. From pre- to postintervention, scores of state anxiety, test anxiety, behavior symptoms, and self-esteem, but not hostility, changed significantly in the intervention group as compared with the control group. A significant Group × School effect was evident for state and test anxiety and behavior problems, indicative of higher reductions in the Arab group. The cognitive-behavioral program proved an effective preventive intervention for adolescents.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 173-188 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | International Journal of Stress Management |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2008 |
Keywords
- adolescents
- biofeedback
- cognitive-behavioral intervention
- state anxiety
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- Applied Psychology
- General Psychology