Autogenic training and signs of distress: an experimental study.
The research investigated the autogenic training (AT) effects, analyzing the emotional and somatic distress symptoms of patients during their learning of the AT standard exercises (N = 79). An improvement was observed even before the beginning of the course, thus demonstrating the Balint effect of the drug-doctor phenomenon. The control subjects, entered in a waiting list, showed no further improvements from this phase of the study; the experimental ones, who had begun their AT exercises, continued to show significant improvement.
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Dipartimento di Psicologia dell'Università di Bologna.
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D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001326:Autogenic Training; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy