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Henry, David – 1982
A study of President Ronald Reagan's speeches reveals not only a President intent on "identifying directly with the people," but a spokesman adept at the use of symbolic communication as well. Probably the most obvious symbol of the campaign for economic renewal is the term "Reaganomics" itself. Referentially, it has come to…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Discourse Analysis, Economics, Persuasive Discourse
Peer reviewedKirsch, Irving; Henry, David – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Speech-anxious students were assigned to self-administered treatment conditions: (1) systematic desensitization, (2) desensitization with meditation replacing progressive relaxation, and (3) meditation only. Treatment manuals included coping-skill instructions. Treatments were equally effective in reducing anxiety and produced a greater reduction…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Coping, Desensitization, Independent Study
