Does habituation matter? Emotional processing therapy for acrophobia

被引:98
作者
Baker, Aaron [1 ]
Mystkowski, Jayson
Culver, Najwa
Yi, Rena [2 ]
Mortazavi, Arezou
Craske, Michelle G.
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Psychol, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[2] Claremont Grad Univ, Claremont, CA USA
关键词
Anxiety disorders; Exposure therapy; Habituation; Emotional processing theory; Phobias; Acrophobia; FEAR; EXPOSURE; AWARENESS;
D O I
10.1016/j.brat.2010.07.009
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Clinically, there is wide subscription to emotional processing theory (HT; Foa & Kozak, 1986) as a model of therapeutic effectiveness of exposure therapy: EPT purports that exposure is maximal when (1) fear is activated (IFA), (2) fear subsides within sessions (WSH), and (3) fear subsides between sessions (BSH). This study examined these assumptions, using in vivo exposure therapy for 44 students scoring high on acrophobia measures. Results indicated that no EPT variables were consistently predictive of treatment outcome. No support was found for IFA or WSH; measures of BSH were predictive of short-term change, but these effects were attenuated at follow-up. Furthermore, EPT variables were not predictive of each other as previously hypothesized, indicating the variables are not functionally related. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1139 / 1143
页数:5
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