The Efficacy of Imagery Rescripting Compared to Cognitive Restructuring for Social Anxiety Disorder

The Efficacy of Imagery Rescripting Compared to Cognitive Restructuring for Social Anxiety Disorder

Highlights • Imagery Rescripting (IR) aims to alter negative meanings associated with distressing memories. • The current study assessed the impact of IR on social anxiety disorder (SAD). • 60 SAD participants completed IR, Cognitive Restructuring (CR) or a Control procedure. • Both IR and CR showed...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of anxiety disorders 2016-05, Vol.40, p.18-28
Hauptverfasser: Norton, Alice R, Abbott, Maree J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Cognitive Therapy - methods
Fear - psychology
Female
Humans
Imagery (Psychotherapy) - methods
Imagery rescripting
Male
Mechanisms
Memory, Episodic
Negative imagery
Phobia, Social - psychology
Phobia, Social - therapy
Psychiatry
Social anxiety
Treatment
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Imagery Rescripting (IR) aims to alter negative meanings associated with distressing memories. • The current study assessed the impact of IR on social anxiety disorder (SAD). • 60 SAD participants completed IR, Cognitive Restructuring (CR) or a Control procedure. • Both IR and CR showed large positive effects, but mechanisms of action differed. • IR for SAD may benefit from prior CR to target both verbal and imaginal self-representations
ISSN:0887-6185
1873-7897
DOI:10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.03.009