Sm. Turner et al., A COMPOSITE MEASURE TO DETERMINE THE FUNCTIONAL STATUS OF TREATED SOCIAL PHOBICS - THE SOCIAL PHOBIA ENDSTATE FUNCTIONING INDEX, Behavior therapy, 24(2), 1993, pp. 265-275
Development of a composite index for use in treatment outcome research
with social phobia is described. The index consists of a number of in
dividual outcome measures, and the cutoff scores are based on the perf
ormance of a normal control group. Treatment sensitivity of the index
was assessed, and the change in classification of social phobics treat
ed with behavioral or drug treatment was determined. At posttreatment,
outcome measures revealed significant changes over treatment, and dis
tribution of social phobics on the composite index was more similar to
that of normals than at pretreatment. The results are discussed in te
rms of the usefulness of composite indexes in treatment outcome resear
ch and the necessity for such measures to be based on normative data.