Measuring effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in non-clinical anxiety: A multi-subject, yoked-control design
Twenty-eight subjects from a university with stress/trauma were selected to receive either EMDR or a visual (non-movement) placebo.
Article Abstract
“Twenty-eight subjects from a university’s subject pool were paired on sex, age, severity, and type of stressful or traumatic incident. One subject in each pair was selected to receive EMDR; the experimental partner spent the same amount of time receiving a visual (non-movement) placebo. Subjective units of discomfort (SUD) scores and physiological measurements were taken prior to and following treatment. Analysis of physiological measurements and self-reported levels of stress were performed within and between each group. While the EMDR group showed significant reductions of stress, EMDR was no better than a placebo. This suggests EMDR’s specific intervention involving eye movement may not be a necessary component of the treatment protocol.”
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Dunn, T. M., Schwartz, M., Hatfield, R. W., & Wiegele, M. (1996). Measuring effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in non-clinical anxiety: A multi-subject, yoked-control design. Journal of Behavior Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry, 27(3), 231-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-7916(96)00034-1
Date
September 1, 1996
Creator(s)
Thomas M. Dunn, Marvin Schwartz, Robert W. Hatfield
Contributor(s)
Mark Wiegele
Topics
Anxiety/Panic/Phobias
Client Population
Students
Practice & Methods
College
Publisher
Elsevier
Rights
Copyright © 1996 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
APA Citation
Dunn, T. M., Schwartz, M., Hatfield, R. W., & Wiegele, M. (1996). Measuring effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in non-clinical anxiety: A multi-subject, yoked-control design. Journal of Behavior Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry, 27(3), 231-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-7916(96)00034-1
Audience
EMDR Therapists, Other Mental Health Professionals
Language
English
Content Type
Article, Peer-Reviewed, RCT
Access Type
External Resource