Psychological Preparation for Stressful Medical Procedures

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Psychotherapy by Reciprocal Inhibition

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Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change

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STAI manual for the State-trait anxiety inventory

1970 • 2,361 citations

Openness to absorbing and self-altering experiences ("absorption"), a trait related to hypnotic susceptibility.

1974 • 2,120 citations

Development of a Dental Anxiety Scale

1969 • 1,243 citations

Reduction of Postoperative Pain by Encouragement and Instruction of Patients

1964 • 1,115 citations

Some myths of psychotherapy research and the search for a paradigm.

1966 • 732 citations

Cognitive-behavioral interventions : theory, research, and procedures

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The Children's Form of the Manifest Anxiety Scale

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1978 • 452 citations

Reduction of anxiety in children facing hospitalization and surgery by use of filmed modeling.

1975 • 440 citations

Reduction of psychological stress in surgical patients

1975 • 402 citations

Factors determining vicarious extinction of avoidance behavior through symbolic modeling.

1968 • 382 citations

The Behavioral Management of Anxiety, Depression and Pain

1977 • 345 citations

Effects of accurate expectations and behavioral instructions on reactions during a noxious medical examination.

1974 • 309 citations

Reflections on the cognitive-learning trend in psychotherapy.

1977 • 304 citations

Examination of model characteristics in reducing avoidance behavior.

1971 • 264 citations

Recovery from surgery, with and without preparatory instruction, for three coping styles.

1970 • 226 citations

PEDIATRIC SURGICAL PATIENTS' AND PARENTS' STRESS RESPONSES AND ADJUSTMENT as a Function of Psychologic Preparation and Stress-Point Nursing Care

1975 • 208 citations

Progressive Relaxation

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Covert modeling, model similarity, and reduction of avoidance behavior

1974 • 197 citations

Reduction of fear-related dental management problems with use of filmed modeling

1975 • 188 citations

Psychological preparation for an endoscopic examination

1973 • 172 citations

NURSING INTERVENTION WITH THE PRESURGICAL PATIENT??? THE EFFECTS OF STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURED PREOPERATIVE TEACHING

1971 • 163 citations

Cognitive-behavioral and patient education interventions in cardiac catheterization procedures: The Palo Alto Medical Psychology Project.

1979 • 162 citations

Anxiety, locus of control, type of preparatory information, and adjustment to dental surgery.

1976 • 160 citations

The Cognitive Regulation of Anger and Stress

1979 • 156 citations

Use of Filmed Modeling to Reduce Uncooperative Behavior of Children During Dental Treatment

1975 • 147 citations

Effects of brief psychotherapy during the hospitalization period on the recovery process in heart attacks.

1975 • 139 citations

PSYCHOLOGICAL PREPARATION OF SURGICAL PATIENTS

1973 • 138 citations

Cognitive-behavioral and patient education interventions in cardiac catheterization procedures: The Palo Alto Medical Psychology Project.

1979 • 133 citations

Effect of brief puppet therapy upon the emotional responses of children undergoing cardiac catheterization.

1965 • 127 citations

Anxiety, locus of control, type of preparatory information, and adjustment to dental surgery.

1976 • 126 citations

Crisis intervention: A review of outcome research.

1977 • 119 citations

Preparation for a stressful medical procedure: Effect of amount of stimulus preexposure and coping style.

1978 • 118 citations

Preparation for a stressful medical procedure: Effect of amount of stimulus preexposure and coping style.

1978 • 102 citations

EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL PREOPERATIVE TEACHING-PHASE TWO

1972 • 94 citations

591. Nursing intervention with the pre-surgical patient???the effects of structured and unstructured preoperative teaching

1971 • 92 citations

Desensitization, Model Learning, and the Dental Behavior of Children

1974 • 91 citations

Relationship of preoperative fear, type of coping, and information received about surgery to recovery from surgery.

1976 • 91 citations

Relationship of preoperative fear, type of coping, and information received about surgery to recovery from surgery.

1976 • 83 citations

Clinical methods in psychology

1977 • 78 citations

Effect of information about a potentially stressful situation on responses to stress impact.

1974 • 77 citations

A Comparison of the Effects of Hypnosis and Relaxation Training on Stress Reactions in a Dental Situation

1971 • 69 citations

Usefulness of Psychiatric Intervention in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

1974 • 67 citations

Regulation of Pain: The Application of Cognitive and Behavioral Techniques for Prevention and Remediation

1979 • 65 citations

SYSTEMATIC RELAXATION AS A NURSING INTERVENTION TECHNIQUE WITH OPEN HEART SURGERY PATIENTS

1971 • 63 citations

On Measures and Conceptions of Hypnosis

1978 • 61 citations

EFFECT OF PREOPERATIVE VISITS BY OPERATING ROOM NURSES

1973 • 59 citations

Stress and Survival: The Emotional Realities of Life‐threatening Illness

1980 • 59 citations

Effects of tape-recorded hypnotic preparation for surgery

1974 • 52 citations

Quantitation of Enamel Demineralization Mechanisms: III. A Critical Examination of the Hydroxyapatite Model

1969 • 51 citations

Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions: Overview and Current Status

1979 • 38 citations

Factor analytic studies of the Mood Adjective Checklist

1965 • 30 citations

Clinical Treatment and Research in Child Psychopathology

1980 • 24 citations

Psychotherapy of Bodily Disease

1975 • 18 citations

Vicarious anxiety: A systematic evaluation of a vicarious threat to self-esteem.

1978 • 17 citations

Vicarious anxiety: A systematic evaluation of a vicarious threat to self-esteem.

1978 • 10 citations

The Psychodynamics of Realistic Worry (1955)

2021 • 8 citations

Self-Talk and the work of worrying in confronting a stressor

1978 • 7 citations

Stressful Medical Procedures

1989 • 6 citations