Building the Marital Muscle Groups

Marriage enrichment is a wellness-based approach to strengthening key areas of marital success. This article develops the metaphor of marital muscle groups and integrates Adlerian theories of development and personality with Gottman’s behavioral approach to provide a model of enrichment that can be applied in a clinical setting. A case example illustrates the application of the approach.

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Primary Vaginismus and Associated Phobia: Successful Treatment with Behavior Therapy

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine Education and Research ◽

10.5005/jp-journals-10028-1121 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 48 (3) ◽

pp. 151-153

Author(s):

Vinita Singh ◽

Susanta Kumar Padhy ◽

Manoj Kumar Sahoo ◽

Harshita Biswas

Keyword(s):

Behavior Therapy ◽

Successful Treatment ◽

Clinical Setting ◽

Behavioral Therapy ◽

Behavioral Approach ◽

Systematic Desensitization ◽

Relaxation Therapy ◽

Graded Exposure ◽

Successful Approach

ABSTRACT Objectives To report two cases of primary vaginismus with associated phobia, successfully treated with behavior therapy. Results In our two reports, we describe the successful treatment of vaginismus with associated phobias using behavioral therapy. The behavioral approach involved psycho education, graded exposure, relaxation therapy and systematic desensitization. Conclusion The report demonstrates a successful approach toward managing vaginismus and associated phobias in a clinical setting. How to cite this article Sahoo MK, Biswas H, Singh V, Padhy SK. Primary Vaginismus and Associated Phobia: Successful Treatment with Behavior Therapy. J Postgrad Med Edu Res 2014;48(3):151-153.

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An Intake Report Outline for Behavior Modification

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1970.26.2.447 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 447-450 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

David M. Pomeranz ◽

Marvin R. Goldfried

Keyword(s):

Present Article ◽

Behavior Modification ◽

Clinical Setting ◽

Behavioral Approach ◽

Assessment Data ◽

Assessment Techniques ◽

Specific Assessment

In a previous paper, the authors discussed the role of assessment in behavior modification. The present article describes an intake-report outline which is currently being used in a clinical setting and indicates how assessment data may be conceptualized from a behavior modification orientation. The need for specific assessment techniques more relevant to the behavioral approach is discussed.

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Biracial Testing: The Question of Clinicians' Influence on Children’s Test Performance

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.0801.05 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 5-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

David L. Ratusnik ◽

Roy A. Koenigsknecht

Keyword(s):

Clinical Setting ◽

Test Performance ◽

Test Scores ◽

Preschool Age ◽

Speech And Language ◽

Black And White ◽

Drawing Test ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Preschool Age Children

Six speech and language clinicians, three black and three white, administered the Goodenough Drawing Test (1926) to 144 preschoolers. The four groups, lower socioeconomic black and white and middle socioeconomic black and white, were divided equally by sex. The biracial clinical setting was shown to influence test scores in black preschool-age children.

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Systems of Oppression in Geriatric Clinical Service Delivery

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/2020_persp-20-00215 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-3

Author(s):

Diane L. Kendall

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Service Delivery ◽

Clinical Setting ◽

Service Providers ◽

Hard Work ◽

Clinical Service ◽

Meaningful Change ◽

Important Work ◽

Speech Language Pathologists ◽

Medical Institutions

Purpose The purpose of this article was to extend the concepts of systems of oppression in higher education to the clinical setting where communication and swallowing services are delivered to geriatric persons, and to begin a conversation as to how clinicians can disrupt oppression in their workplace. Conclusions As clinical service providers to geriatric persons, it is imperative to understand systems of oppression to affect meaningful change. As trained speech-language pathologists and audiologists, we hold power and privilege in the medical institutions in which we work and are therefore obligated to do the hard work. Suggestions offered in this article are only the start of this important work.

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Myoelectric Activity Differences in Three Learning Sessions

Journal of Psychophysiology ◽

10.1027//0269-8803.16.2.92 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 92-96

Author(s):

Tiina Ritvanen ◽

Reijo Koskelo ◽

Osmo H„nninen

Keyword(s):

High School Students ◽

Muscle Activity ◽

Muscle Tension ◽

Emg Activity ◽

Traditional Learning ◽

Myoelectric Activity ◽

School Students ◽

Language Laboratory ◽

Upper Trapezius ◽

Muscle Groups

Abstract This study follows muscle activity in three different learning sessions (computer, language laboratory, and normal classroom) while students were studying foreign languages. Myoelectric activity was measured in 21 high school students (10 girls, 11 boys, age range 17-20 years) by surface electromyography (sEMG) from the upper trapezius and frontalis muscles during three 45-min sessions. Root mean square (RMS) average from both investigated muscles was calculated. The EMG activity was highest in both muscle groups in the computer-aided session and lowest in the language laboratory. The girls had higher EMG activity in both investigated muscle groups in all three learning situations. The measured blood pressure was highest at the beginning of the sessions, decreased within 10 min, but increased again toward the end of the sessions. Our results indicate that the use of a computer as a teaching-aid evokes more constant muscle activity than the traditional learning situations. Since muscle tension can have adverse health consequences, more research is needed to determine optimal classroom conditions, especially when technical aids are used in teaching.

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