Danger Expectancies, Self-efficacy and Subjective Anxiety as Mediators of Avoidance Behaviour in Spider Phobia

Autor:	Kenneth C. Kirkby, Lisa J. Gilroy, Ross G. Menzies, Brett A. Daniels, IM Montgomery
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Self-efficacy Spider genetic structures Spider phobia Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Cognition medicine.disease complex mixtures Mental health Specific phobia Test (assessment) Clinical Psychology nervous system medicine Anxiety medicine.symptom Psychology Clinical psychology
Zdroj:	Behaviour Change. 19:129-137
ISSN:	2049-7768 0813-4839
DOI:	10.1375/bech.19.3.129
Popis:	Forty-five participants diagnosed with specific phobia (spiders) gave ratings of subjective anxiety, self-efficacy and the probability of being bitten or injured by a spider while completing a behavioural avoidance test involving exposure to a live spider. Testing was performed before and after treatment and at a 3-month follow-up. Results indicated that subjective anxiety was a more useful predictor of avoidance behaviour than self-efficacy. Danger expectancies in relation to being bitten and/or injured by a spider were not found to be a significant cognitive symptom in the majority of spider phobia sufferers during the behavioural avoidance test with a live spider. Methodological factors that may account for the low reporting of danger-related cognitions in the present study are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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