Multimedia Behavioral Avoidance Test

Ruiz‐García, Antonio; Aguayo, Luís Valero; Hurtado-Melero, Félix

doi:10.1037/t76951-000

Cited by 1 publication

(3 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Faced with this situation, we propose multimedia exposure therapy (MET) as an intermediate approach, since it is easy to (1) obtain photographic or video stimuli on the Internet or (2) use a mobile phone for the autonomous approach. For the patient exposure, the therapist would not need specific equipment because normal equipment (computer, speakers, tablet, video projector, and white wall) will provide sufficient scientific guarantees when conducting the treatment in the usual clinical context (Ruiz-García & Valero-Aguayo, 2020a, 2020b, 2021).…”

Section: Theoretical and Research Bases For Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…), driving, heights, flying, etc. (Ruiz-García & Valero-Aguayo, 2020a, 2021) in adults and also in children and adolescents for bee and wasp phobias (Ruiz-García & Valero-Aguayo, 2020b). Other successful research proposals suggest technological means including photos and videos in the treatment of blood-injection-injury phobia, hospital environment, vomiting, etc.…”

Section: Theoretical and Research Bases For Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, these results should be viewed with caution since it is a clinical case with a baseline and follow-up, but there is no comparison with other groups or with another form of exposure. However, this procedure has already been tested in group studies with comparisons with the group on the list of Ruiz-García and Valero-Aguayo (2020a) and also in other clinical cases with different phobias (Ruiz-García & Valero-Aguayo, 2020b, 2021). It would be an even safer step to pursue a comparison of this clinical case with other previously established treatments such as virtual reality (VR), exposure in imagination or similar, and especially to study its efficiency due to the ease of use, acceptability by the patients and cost which is assumed to be quite minor.…”

Section: Treatment Implications Of the Casementioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Progressive Multimedia Exposure for Specific Phobias: A Clinical Case of Claustrophobia and Acrophobia

Ruiz‐García

Aguayo

2021

Clinical Case Studies

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We present a multimedia exposure intervention for specific phobias using images and videos in a specific case of claustrophobia and acrophobia. The patient was a 47-year-old woman named “Jane” (anonymized name) who was diagnosed with fear of heights (acrophobia) and fear of confined spaces and enclosed areas (claustrophobia). The procedure was a single-case A-B design with several concurrent baselines, pre-post measurements, and two follow-ups (6 and 12 months). For the assessment, there were several questionnaires on anxiety and phobias and the continuous evaluation of anxiety and heart rate during treatment assays for each session. The treatment consisted of eight sessions of progressive multimedia exposure: images, videos, and in vivo settings. The results showed a decrease in the score for pre-post questionnaires ( Z = −4.196, p < .0010) and also a total decrease in anxiety in the different baselines (PND 100%). The benefits were maintained during 1 year of follow-up. After the treatment, “Jane” could be confronted with situations she previously feared, such as being on floors of different levels (up to ninth floor), in closed places, in crowded elevators, and traveling on buses and trains for long distances.

show abstract

Section: Theoretical and Research Bases For Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical and Research Bases For Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Treatment Implications Of the Casementioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation