Shyness 1: distance treatment of social phobia over the Internet
| Autor: | Genevieve Schwencke, Nickolai Titov, Juliette Drobny, Gavin Andrews, Danielle A. Einstein |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Online discussion media_common.quotation_subject medicine.medical_treatment education Shyness Health Services Accessibility law.invention Treatment and control groups Randomized controlled trial law medicine Personality Humans Psychiatry media_common Demography Internet Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cognition General Medicine medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Phobic Disorders Cognitive therapy Female Psychology Anxiety disorder Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry. 42(7) |
| ISSN: | 1440-1614 |
| Popis: | Objective: The purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of an Internet-based clinician-assisted computerized cognitive behavioural therapy programme for social phobia. Method: A total of 105 individuals with social phobia were randomly assigned to a six-lesson cognitive behavioural treatment programme or to a waitlist control group. Treatment consisted of four components: six online lessons; homework assignments; participation in an online discussion forum; and regular email contact with a therapist. An intention-to-treat model was used for data analyses. Results: A total of 78% of treatment group participants completed all lessons, and post-treatment data were obtained from 93/105 participants. Significant post-treatment differences between treatment and waitlist participants were found on two measures of symptoms of social phobia. Mean within- and between-group effect sizes (Cohen's d) for the primary social phobia outcome measures were 1.15, and 0.95, respectively. Conclusions: These results were comparable with those obtained in exemplary face-to-face treatment programmes. They provide further positive data about the utility of Internet-based guided self-help programmes for people with common mental disorders. |
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