Mass inoculation in a community

The effect of primary prevention of stress reactions

Bibliographic Data

ID11054014
AuthorsAvigdor Klingman (0009-0000-9642-4470, University of Haifa Mount Carmel Haifa Israel, corresponding author)
Year1985
Volume13
Issue3
Pages323-332
Publication date1985-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1007/bf00914936
PMID4025245
OpenAlexW2036317227
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited21

This study assessed the effectiveness of a brief, situation-specific, group-administered preparatory intervention in a nonclient school population undergoing mass inoculation against rubella. Fifty-one girls were randomly assigned to practice, no-practice, or control groups. Both the practice and the no-practice groups received information that described the inoculation procedure and how to cope with it by using cognitive-behavioral coping skills. The practice group was encouraged to perform coping techniques of this type, whereas the no-practice group was told only that the intervention would help them during the inoculation. Subjects in both practice and no-practice groups reported less anxiety and exhibited more cooperative behavior during inoculation than subjects in the control group, and those who were guided and prompted to actively practice derived greater benefit

Anxiety · Coping (psychology) · Health psychology · Population · Psychiatry · Public health · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Viral Infections and Vectors