Cognitive predictors of treatment outcome for exposure therapy: do changes in self-efficacy, self-focused attention, and estimated social costs predict symptom improvement in social anxiety disorder?
BMC Psychiatry
; 19(1): 80, 2019 02 22.
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| ID: mdl-30795749
BACKGROUND: Cognitions play an important role in the development and maintenance of social anxiety disorder (SAD). METHODS: To investigate whether changes in cognitions during the first six sessions of exposure therapy are associated with treatment outcome, we assessed reported self-focused attention, self-efficacy in social situations, and estimated social costs in 60 participants (Mage = 36.9 years) diagnosed with SAD who received in vivo or virtual reality exposure therapy. RESULTS: Patients demonstrating a greater decrease in estimated social costs during treatment reported greater improvement of their social anxiety symptoms following both forms of exposure therapy. While changes in self-focused attention and social self-efficacy during treatment were significantly associated with treatment outcome when examined individually, these changes did not significantly predict symptom improvement beyond social costs. CONCLUSIONS: Changes in estimated social costs during treatment are associated with improvement of social anxiety symptoms after exposure therapy. Future research needs to further investigate estimated social costs as a predictor in relation to other cognitive variables. TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT01746667 ; www.clinicaltrials.gov, November 2012, retrospectively registered.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Autoeficacia
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Miedo
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Terapia de Exposición Mediante Realidad Virtual
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Fobia Social
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Psychiatry
Asunto de la revista:
PSIQUIATRIA
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido