Pilot Study of Emotional Freedom Techniques, Wholistic Hybrid Derived From Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Emotional Freedom Technique, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Treatment of Test Anxiety in University Students

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 338-340

  Benor, Daniel J ^a   Ledger, Karen ^a   Toussaint, Loren ^b   Hett, Geoffrey ^c   Zaccaro, Daniel ^b  

^a Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology   (United States)

^b LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT); emotional freedom technique (EFT); exam anxiety; Test anxiety; wholistic hybrid derived from eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and Emotional Freedom Techniques (WHEE)

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION; THERAPY EFFECT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WHOLISTIC HYBRID DERIVED FROM EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING AND EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE;

EID: 70449112323     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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