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Dissertation
The effect of therapists' beliefs on the implementation of exposure therapy
2012
Overview
Despite its effectiveness in treating anxiety disorders, exposure therapy is underutilized and frequently implemented in suboptimal fashion. Previous research has shown that holding negative beliefs about exposure was related to its underutilization among therapists. However, negative beliefs about exposure are not unique to therapists who do not use the treatment. It could be that negative beliefs about exposure are held even by therapists who continue to use the treatment, and these beliefs are responsible for therapists' suboptimal delivery of the treatment. The present study examined the effect of beliefs about exposure on characteristics of treatment delivery. Participants (n = 53) were randomly assigned to receive either negative or positive information about exposure therapy before conducting an exposure session with a presumed obsessive-compulsive client. Results indicated that participants with negative beliefs about exposure implemented the treatment in a more cautious manner (e.g. choosing easier exposure tasks) as compared to participants with positive beliefs about exposure who pursued a more ambitious delivery of the treatment (e.g. creating a more difficult exposure hierarchy, encouraging clients' use of oppositional actions).
Publisher
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Subject
ISBN
9781267676061, 126767606X
