Relaxation Training and Home Practice in the Treatment of Anxiety

Abstract

To ascertain whether home practice was an important component of the relaxation treatment for anxiety, highly anxious undergraduates practiced relaxation at home, practiced it in a group, and were put on a waiting-list control. Subjects who practiced relaxation at home had significantly greater reductions in anxiety than those who only practiced it as part of a group. However, compliance with doing the relaxation exercises (n = 27) was not significantly correlated with reduction of anxiety.