Targeting fear of spiders with control-, acceptance-, and information-based approaches

dc.contributor.author	Wagener, Alexandra L.
dc.contributor.author	Zettle, Robert D.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-12-02T16:42:01Z
dc.date.available	2011-12-02T16:42:01Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.citation	Wagener A.L., and Zettle R.D. 2011. "Targeting fear of spiders with control-, acceptance-, and information-based approaches". Psychological Record, 61 (1): 77-92.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0033-2933
dc.identifier.other	WOS ID:000296105600005
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/4008
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dc.description.abstract	The relative impact of control-, acceptance-, and information-based approaches in targeting a midlevel fear of spiders among college students was evaluated. Participants listened to a brief protocol presenting one of the three approaches before completing the Perceived-Threat Behavioral Approach Test (PT-BAT; Cochrane, Barnes-Holmes, & Barnes-Holmes, 2008). During the PT-BAT, participants placed their hands in a series of opaque jars that they were led to believe were increasingly likely to contain a spider. Participants in the acceptance-based condition progressed the farthest and were more willing to repeat the procedure a week later, despite not differing from their counterparts in levels of subjective distress. Implications for the relative efficacy of acceptance- versus control-based approaches in treatment of specific phobia, their possible differential mechanisms of action, and the use of the PT-BAT as a dependent measure in further research are discussed.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Psychological Record	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Psychological Record;61 (1),pp:77-92.
dc.subject	Arachnophobia	en_US
dc.subject	Acceptance and commitment therapy	en_US
dc.subject	Avoidance	en_US
dc.title	Targeting fear of spiders with control-, acceptance-, and information-based approaches	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Peer reviewed article
dc.rights.holder	Copyright by Magazine publisher, 2011