An investigation of various performance-based treatments with acrophobics

Bourque, Paul; Ladouceur, Robert

doi:10.1016/0005-7967(80)90033-9

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“…The full AQ has good psychometric properties and is widely used (Baker, Cohen, & Saunders, 1973; Bourque & Ladouceur, 1980). Across the preselection, baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up assessments, Cronbach’s alpha for the AQ-Anxiety and AQ-Avoidance subscales ranged from .72-.92 (average = .81).…”

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“…In a past exposure-based acrophobia treatment study that allowed for unlimited exposure time, the range of treatment time was 35 to 360 minutes, with a mean of 115 minutes (Bourque & Ladouceur, 1980). In the current study, participants in all conditions completed a total of 180 minutes of intervention or control tasks, divided between two intervention sessions.…”

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Reaching new heights: Comparing interpretation bias modification to exposure therapy for extreme height fear.

Steinman

Teachman

2014

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Objective Cognitive models of anxiety disorders posit that biases in interpretation maintain, and potentially cause, anxiety. This study tested whether it is possible to decrease height fear symptoms through cognitive bias modification for interpretations (CBM-I). Additionally, the clinical utility of CBM-I was tested by comparing it to an already established treatment: exposure therapy. Method Extremely height fearful (N = 110) individuals participated in the study. Acrophobic symptoms were measured before and after two sessions of CBM-I, and compared to the standard treatment for acrophobia (exposure therapy), a combination of CBM-I and exposure therapy, and a Control condition. Results In line with hypotheses, participants in the three active conditions showed greater response to treatment than the Control condition in height-relevant interpretation bias, symptoms, and behavioral avoidance on a height stressor, with few differences between the active conditions. Further, symptom change was mediated by change in interpretation bias. Conclusions Overall, findings suggest that different pathways to fear reduction (exposure vs. shifting interpretations) can lead to similar reductions in height fear. This study provides the first evidence that directly shifting cognitive processing, even with no therapist involvement, can reduce symptoms as effectively as the gold standard, therapist-directed exposure therapy.

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Reaching new heights: Comparing interpretation bias modification to exposure therapy for extreme height fear.

Steinman

Teachman

2014

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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“…People who are low in self-efficacy easily lapse into depression when experiencing intense distress, whereas people who are high in self-efficacy are less likely to do so. Perceived self-efficacy not only predicts behavioral performance, but actually prevents certain psychiatric problems (e.g., Bandura, 1997;Biran & Wilson, 1981;Bourque & Ladouceur, 1980;Craske & Craig, 1984;Kendrick, Craig, Lawson, & Davidson, 1982).…”

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Experiential manner as a mediating factor between clearing a space and self-efficacy

Takasawa

Ito

2011

Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies

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“…Exposure-based treatments have been found to be effective for phobias of spiders [121,122], snakes [123,124], rats [125], thunder and lightning [126], water [127], heights [128], air travel [116,129], enclosed places [130], choking [131,132], dental procedures [114] and blood [133]. These studies have led to the development of detailed treatment manuals for specific phobia, including one developed at our centre [134].…”

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