The effect of EMG -biofeedback on female participants' major depressive disorder.
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Title
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The effect of EMG -biofeedback on female participants' major depressive disorder.
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Identifier
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AAI9997071
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identifier
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9997071
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Creator
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Apelbaum, Heli.
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Contributor
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Adviser: C. T. Lee
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Date
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2001
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Experimental
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Abstract
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This dissertation investigates the effect of biofeedback on depression, physiology, and homeostasis of the autonomic nervous system. To that end, both observational and experimental studies were conducted. In the observational study, the electromyograph, temperature, galvanic skin response, heart rate, and blood pressure of 16 depressed and 16 nondepressed females were assessed to obtain a preliminary indicator of how the two groups rated on these physiological states. In the experimental study, 17 females suffering from Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) participated. They were randomly assigned to a control or experimental group. In the experimental group, nine participants received eight weeks of biofeedback therapy; in the control group, eight participants received a pseudo-treatment in which they underwent the same treatment procedures as those in the experimental group, but explicit feedback was withheld. Following the intervention, the experimental group's depression scores and muscle tension scores were significantly lower than those of the control group. No other result emerged from the study. On the basis of these results, a model was developed that postulates an independence of muscle tension from all other variables involved in depression symptomatology.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
