Attenuated psychophysiological reactivity following single-session group imagery rescripting versus verbal restructuring in social anxiety disorder: Results from a randomized controlled trial

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 340-349

  Hyett, Matthew P ^a   Bank, Samantha R ^a,b   Lipp, Ottmar V ^a   Erceg Hurn, David M ^a,b   Alvares, Gail A ^c   Maclaine, Ellen ^a   Puckridge, Emily ^a   Hayes, Sarra ^a   McEvoy, Peter M ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Canberra ACT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive therapy; Imagery rescripting; Psychophysiological reactivity; Social anxiety disorder; Verbal restructuring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STRESS; VERBAL RESTRUCTURING; WATCHFUL WAITING; BIOFEEDBACK; EPISODIC MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIA, SOCIAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85056107661     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000493897     Document Type: Article

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