Effect of Client Sense of Humor and Paradoxical Interventions on Test Anxiety.

Newton, Geraldine R.; Dowd, E. Thomas

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ERIC Number: EJ417911

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Effect of Client Sense of Humor and Paradoxical Interventions on Test Anxiety.

Newton, Geraldine R.; Dowd, E. Thomas

Journal of Counseling and Development, v68 n6 p668-72 Jul-Aug 1990

Investigated effectiveness of paradoxical and nonparadoxical interventions with clients (N=53) possessing a high or low sense of humor. Found low sense of humor subjects improved significantly more with a paradoxical intervention than did high sense of humor subjects. (Author/ABL)

Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Techniques, Humor, Paradox, Personality Traits

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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