Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Hugo Maynard
Term of Graduation
Winter 1979
Date of Publication
3-30-1979
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Psychology
Department
Psychology
Language
English
Subjects
Hypertension, Biofeedback training, Meditation
DOI
10.15760/etd.2930
Physical Description
1 online resource (4, xiv, 206 pages)
Abstract
The repeated-measures experimental design utilized in the present study permitted a controlled comparison of the clinical efficacy of meditation treatment (MT), biofeedback treatment (BT), and pharmacological control (PC) conditions in the reduction of seven dependent variables: (1) within clinic (W-C) systolic blood pressure (SBP), (2) W-C diastolic blood pressure (DBP), (3) outside-clinic (O-C) SEP, (4) O-C DBP, (5) within-session (W-S) SEP, (6) W-S DBP, and (7) antihypertensive medication requirements. Twenty-four medicated subjects with medically .verified essential hypertension were matched by rank-order on sex, age, and mean baseline levels of SBP and DBP, and randomly assigned to MT, BT, or PC conditions, each composed of five females and three males.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/17504
Recommended Citation
Molatore, Thomas Lee, "A Comparison of the Effects of Biofeedback and Meditation Treatment on Essential Hypertension" (1979). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 2936.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.2930
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