Anxiety sensitivity as a malleable mechanistic target for prevention interventions: A meta-analysis of the efficacy of brief treatment interventions
| Autor: | Jasper A. J. Smits, Hayley E. Fitzgerald, Donald Edmondson, M. Alexandra Kredlow, Norman B. Schmidt, Danielle L. Hoyt, Michael W. Otto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Clin Psychol (New York) |
| ISSN: | 1468-2850 0969-5893 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/cps0000038 |
| Popis: | Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is a transdiagnostic risk factor and potential treatment target for prevention of associated psychopathology and negative health behaviors. We conducted a meta-analysis evaluating the efficacy of brief interventions in at-risk samples for reducing AS and associated clinical/behavioral outcomes (e.g., depression, alcohol use) across 28 studies (1,998 participants). AS targeted interventions, compared to control conditions, evidenced a significant moderate effect size for alleviating AS from pre- to post-treatment (d = 0.54) and approached a large effect size from pre-treatment to short-term follow-up (d = 0.78). The effect size for long-term follow-up did not reach significance (d = 0.29). For clinical/behavioral outcomes, AS interventions demonstrated significant small-to-moderate effect sizes for the three timepoints examined (d’s = 0.20-0.41). Our findings help validate AS as a modifiable mechanistic target for prevention efforts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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