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The long-term effects of Emotional Freedom Technique on anxiety

Barndad, L. · The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing · 2021

Outcome study👥 41 participantsPreliminary✓ Source-checked📍 United States
In plain English. Forty-one students took an eight-week EFT course and were tracked with a one-year follow-up survey. Their in-the-moment (state) anxiety eased right after the course, though a longer-running (trait) anxiety measure actually ticked up - a mixed result the researcher reported honestly rather than smoothing over. At the one-year mark, most students still said their anxiety was lower than before they started.

What they found

41
people took part

State anxiety appeared reduced after the eight-week course, though trait anxiety increased; a majority of participants reported decreased anxiety at one-year follow-up.

How the study worked

Who took partstudents who took an eight-week EFT course (n=41)
What they didParticipants received tapping and were measured before and after, without a separate comparison group.
Measured withstate and trait anxiety measures

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DesignOutcome study
Participants41 people
Populationstudents who took an eight-week EFT course
Outcome measuresstate and trait anxiety measures
JournalThe Chicago School of Professional Psychology, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing
Year2021
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeDissertation
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Barndad, L. (2021). The long-term effects of Emotional Freedom Technique on anxiety. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE Anxiety 41 participants WHAT THEY FOUND State anxiety appeared reduced after theeight-week course, though trait anxietyincreased; a majority of… Outcome study · 41 participants Barndad · 2021 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com