Online exposure treatment for spider fear: The effects of moving versus static images on treatment adherence, fear elicitation and habituation

Behaviour Change

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-24

  Matthews, Allison J ^a   Scanlan, Joel D ^a   Kirkby, Ken C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Exposure treatment; Habituation; Internet; Online interventions; Spider phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; EXPOSURE; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYMBOLIC EXPOSURE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOBIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SPIDER; SUBJECTIVE UNITS OF DISTRESS SCALE; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STRESS;

EID: 84865641393     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: 20497768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/bec.2012.7     Document Type: Article

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