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TRAIT ANXIETY AS A PREDICTOR OF BEHAVIOUR THERAPY OUTCOME IN SPIDER PHOBIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1998

Peter Muris ,
Birgit Mayer  and
Harald Merckelbach
Peter Muris
Affiliation:
Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Birgit Mayer
Affiliation:
Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Harald Merckelbach
Affiliation:
Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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Abstract

The present study examined whether trait anxiety as indexed by the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) can be employed as a predictor of behaviour therapy outcome. Thirty-six female spider phobic patients completed the STAI trait anxiety scale, and then received one 2.5 hours session of exposure in vivo treatment. Therapy outcome was evaluated by means of standardized self-report measures and a behavioural approach test. Results showed that STAI trait anxiety substantially contributed to therapy success on all outcome measures: the higher the trait anxiety scores, the less patients profited from behaviour therapy.

Keywords

Spider phobiaexposure in vivotherapy outcometrait anxiety
Type
Brief Clinical Reports
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 87 - 91
Copyright
© 1998 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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