| Abstract: | Eighteen sleep disturbed college students received either systematic desensitization or muscle relaxation training. After a one week baseline self-observation period, subjects underwent three half-hour therapy sessions. There was no significant difference between the two treatment conditions after the third session. Both desensitization and relaxation training groups showed significant improvement in latency to sleep onset, number of wakenings, and degree of restfulness over the four weeks of the study. Difficulties in generalizing results from college students with moderate insomnia to chronic insomniacs in the general population are discussed. |
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