Date of Award

Fall 1980

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Psychology

Committee Director

Louis H. Janda

Committee Member

Barry Gillen

Committee Member

Janis Sanchez-Hucles

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.P65L52

Abstract

Two previously untested humanistic treatment strategies adopted from Assagioli's psychosynthesis were evaluated for effectiveness in reducing cigarette smoking. Forty subjects were assigned to four treatment conditions arranged in a 0 X 3 (Treatment X Time) repeated measures factorial design. The four treatment groups consisted of a disidentification group, a volitional activation group, a combined treatment group, and a maximally effective placebo controls Smokers were seen in small groups for five 30 minute treatment sessions in the course of a week. All groups showed significant reductions from baseline smoking rates at 1-week and 6-week followups. At 1-week followup, the disidentification group showed significantly greater smoking reductions than other treatment groups. Both disidentification and volitional activation groups showed greater dissipation of treatment effects, however, when compared to the combined and control groups at 6-week followup. Results are interpreted as lending empirical support to Assagioli's techniques of disidentification snd volitional activation.

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DOI

10.25777/0ctg-6e16

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