@article{ref1,
title="Reduction of anxiety in aquaphobics",
journal="Canadian journal applied sport sciences",
year="1981",
author="Egan, S.",
volume="6",
number="2",
pages="68-71",
abstract="The purpose of this study was to determine which of the three treatments: systematic desensitization &quot;in vivo&quot;, systematic desensitization &quot;in imagination&quot; or &quot;no treatment&quot; control brought about a significant improvement in adult aquaphobics. Thirty-eight adult aquaphobics were randomly assigned to the &quot;three treatments&quot;. A battery of four tests, three state-anxiety and one trait anxiety were administered to the subjects pre and post treatment. ANCOVA was used to find out if a significant difference existed among the treatment groups post treatment. A significant difference at the.05 level of confidence was obtained for the three state-anxiety test but not for the trait anxiety test. A post hoc test (Scheffé), applied to the data indicated a significant difference between &quot;in vivo&quot; treatment and the other two treatments but no significant difference between the &quot;in imagination&quot; treatment and the &quot;no treatment&quot; control at the.05 level of confidence. ANOVA was applied to the data to ascertain if any of the improvements were significant. The results indicated that &quot;in vivo&quot; treatment brought about a significantly greater improvement (reduction in anxiety) than either of the other two treatments as measured by the three state-anxiety tests but no improvement differential was indicated by the trait anxiety test at the.05 level of significance.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0700-3978",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}