Advances in ABC Relaxation: Applications and Inventories

This volume offers original studies on relaxation and stress management. Practitioners will find a wealth of specific, ready-to-use, evidence-based suggestions for incorporating relaxation techniques into their clinical work. Part I summarizes practical advances in the theory, research, and assessment of relaxation. Part II is an anthology of 25 studies on relaxation focusing on individual differences; stress, coping and relaxation; factor analyses and correlations; and practice techniques. An appendix offers a complete relaxation inventory of scales for those interested in developing their own studies.

For practitioners in the field, psychologists at Roosevelt University in Chicago explain the attential behavioral cognitive approach to relaxation and centering, and offer suggestions for enhancing the instruction of all techniques. They summarize the field, discuss such factors as individual differences and the practice of relaxation, and include the complete Smith Relaxation Inventory Series with scoring keys and norm tables that readers are free to reproduce for clinical or research use.

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Jonathon C. Smith, PhD, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, and founder and Director of the Roosevelt University Stress Institute. He has published numerous articles and 11 books on stress, relaxation, and mediation; and has taught stress management and relaxation to thousands of individuals, corporations, and clinics. Roosevelt University has granted Dr. Smith a Distinguished Professorship in order to conduct ABC relaxation research and develop the Stress Institute.