Progressive Multimedia Exposure for Specific Phobias: A Clinical Case of Claustrophobia and Acrophobia
| Autor: | Luis Valero-Aguayo, Antonio Ruiz-García |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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050103 clinical psychology
Acrophobia Multimedia Specific phobias 05 social sciences medicine.disease computer.software_genre 030227 psychiatry Specific phobia 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) medicine Claustrophobia 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Clinical case Psychology computer |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Case Studies. 20:402-416 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3802 1534-6501 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/15346501211007208 |
| Popis: | We present a multimedia exposure intervention for specific phobias using images and videos in a specific case of claustrophobia and acrophobia. The patient was a 47-year-old woman named “Jane” (anonymized name) who was diagnosed with fear of heights (acrophobia) and fear of confined spaces and enclosed areas (claustrophobia). The procedure was a single-case A-B design with several concurrent baselines, pre-post measurements, and two follow-ups (6 and 12 months). For the assessment, there were several questionnaires on anxiety and phobias and the continuous evaluation of anxiety and heart rate during treatment assays for each session. The treatment consisted of eight sessions of progressive multimedia exposure: images, videos, and in vivo settings. The results showed a decrease in the score for pre-post questionnaires ( Z = −4.196, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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