Dosed versus prolonged exposure in the treatment of fear: An experimental evaluation and review of behavioral mechanisms

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 806-812

  Rubin, Sophie ^a   Spates, C Richard ^a   Johnson, Douglas A ^a   Jouppi, Leigh ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior theory; Dosed exposure; Exposure therapy; Prolonged exposure; Social anxiety disorder; Speech anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSED EXPOSURE CONDITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEGATIVE DOSED EXPOSURE CONDITION; POSITIVE DOSED EXPOSURE CONDITION; PROLONGED EXPOSURE CONDITION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIALIZATION; SPEECH ANXIETY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65549142575     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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