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EMOTIVE IMAGERY TREATMENT FOR CHILDHOOD PHOBIAS: A CREDIBLE AND EMPIRICALLY VALIDATED INTERVENTION?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Neville J. King
Affiliation:
Monash University, Australia
Geoffrey N. Molloy
Affiliation:
Monash University, Australia
David Heyne
Affiliation:
Monash University, Australia
Gregory C. Murphy
Affiliation:
La Trobe University, Australia
Thomas H. Ollendick
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, U.S.A.

Abstract

Childhood phobias are complexly determined but responsive to behavioral interventions. This review focuses on emotive imagery, a variant of systematic desensitization developed specifically for use in treatment of children’s excessive fears. Although emotive imagery appears to be a useful treatment procedure, further research is needed before it could be considered as having “well-established” empirical status. Several other important methodological and theoretical issues are emphasized.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
1998 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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