Outcome expectancy as a predictor of treatment response in cognitive behavioral therapy for public speaking fears within social anxiety disorder

Psychotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-179

  Price, Matthew ^a   Anderson, Page L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilevel modeling; Outcome expectancy; Public speaking fear; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC SPEAKING FEAR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84874460835     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: 19391536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024734     Document Type: Article

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