Large group exposure treatment
- A large group one-session exposure treatment (LG-OST) based on indirect modeled exposure strategies was carried out to investigate its feasibility and effectiveness in a sample of highly spider fearful individuals (\(\it N\) = 78). The stability of LG-OST-effects was assessed at 8-month follow-up (FU). Furthermore, a second sample (\(\it N\) = 30) of highly spider fearful individuals was treated in a standard, single-person one-session treatment (SP-OST) design to compare LG-OST-effects to a standard spider fear treatment. Participants’ fear of spider was assessed by multiple questionnaires and by a behavioral approach test. The fear assessment took place before and after the respective intervention, and at 8-month FU in LG-OST. Regarding subjective spider fear measures, LG-OST mainly showed medium to large effect sizes, ranging from Cohen’s \(\it d\) = 0.69 to \(\it d\) = 1.21, except for one small effect of \(\it d\) = 0.25. After LG-OST, participants approached the spider closer at post-treatment measures (\(\it d\) = 1.18). LG-OST-effects remained stable during the 8-month FU-interval. However, SP-OST-effects proved superior in most measures. An LG-OST-protocol provided evidence for feasibility and efficiency. The effects of LG-OST were equal to those of indirect modeled exposure strategies, carried out in single-settings. LG-OST may represent a useful tool in future phobia-treatment, especially if it can match the effects of single-setting OST, e.g., by including more direct exposure elements in future large group attempts.
Author: | André WannemüllerGND, David AppelbaumGND, Maike KüppersGND, Amelie MattenGND, Tobias TeismannGND, Dirk AdolphORCiDGND, Jürgen MargrafORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-58297 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01183 |
Parent Title (English): | Frontiers in psychology |
Subtitle (English): | a feasibility study in highly spider fearful individuals |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2018/07/04 |
Date of first Publication: | 2016/08/09 |
Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
Tag: | Open Access Fonds exposure therapy; group treatment; one-session treatment; participant modeling; spider fear; spider fear treatment |
Volume: | 7 |
First Page: | 1183-1 |
Last Page: | 1183-10 |
Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
Note: | Frontiers in psychology, Bd. 7, Artikelnummer 1183 |
Institutes/Facilities: | Fakultät für Psychologie, Klinische Psychologie & Psychotherapie |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | Philosophie und Psychologie / Psychologie |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
faculties: | Fakultät für Psychologie |
Licence (English): | Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International |