MONITORING COPING STYLE AND EXPOSURE OUTCOME IN SPIDER PHOBICS

Authors
MURIS P DEJONG P MERCKELBACH H VANZUUREN F
Citation
P. Muris et al., MONITORING COPING STYLE AND EXPOSURE OUTCOME IN SPIDER PHOBICS, Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy, 21(4), 1993, pp. 329-333
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
13524658
Volume
21
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
329 - 333
Database
ISI
SICI code
1352-4658(1993)21:4<329:MCSAEO>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The present study investigated whether information seeking coping styl es (monitoring and blunting) affect exposure therapy outcome. Subjects were 33 spider phobics who received one 2.5 hours session in vivo tre atment. In general, the treatment yielded good results. Coping style d id not contribute substantially to short-term or long-term outcome (at 18 months follow-up).