Part of the Cardiology Commons, Cardiovascular Diseases Commons, Cardiovascular System Commons, and the Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Commons Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews (JPCRR) is a peerreviewed scientific journal whose mission is to communicate clinical and bench research findings, with the goal of improving the quality of human health, the care of the individual patient, and the care of populations.

Despite the well-documented efficacy of cognitive behavioral treatments for anxiety disorders, the acceptability of these treatments remains an under-researched area. A better understanding of acceptability could help to improve the initiation of, and engagement in, these effective interventions. Recent research has suggested computerized interventions of anxiety-related risk factors may be one way to improve acceptability and overcome several common barriers to treatment. Considering this, the current study tested the acceptability of a computerized, anxiety sensitivity (AS)-focused treatment among a sample of treatment-seeking community participants and military veterans (N = 58). Results indicated that the majority of participants rated the intervention as acceptable, and that drop-out rate was low (ie 5%). Moreover, higher acceptability scores were associated with older age, veteran status, lower income levels, African-American race, and being separated/divorced. Findings suggest that a computerized AS-focused treatment may be an acceptable treatment method, and may have advantages in acceptability for hard to reach populations.

using a within-participants experimental design, the psychophysiological impact of objectified versus non-objectified clothing conditions in a sample of college women (n = 28) was examined. Participants showed significantly lower mean heart rate (hr) in the objectified compared to the non-objectified condition within the first 6 seconds of stimulus onset, indicative of an orienting response (or). the effect persisted at 5 minutes and did not vary as a function of trait self-objectification. results further inform objectification theory, suggesting a psychophysiological mechanism that may explain reduced cognitive processing in objectified states. A secondary aim was to examine prospective predictors of clothing-related distress. weight, thin-ideal internalization, social comparison, and trait self-objectification predicted negative affect, state anxiety, and body preferences following clothing conditions but not hr changes from objectified to non-objectified conditions. Partial regression coefficients suggest maladaptive social comparison predicted negative affect, state anxiety, and a smaller preferred body type following clothing try on. results suggest maladaptive social comparison may play an important role in clothing-related distress. Findings provide further support for social ranking theory.Equating overall feminine worth with a thin, hypersexualized appearance is termed the objectification of women (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997). Objectification reduces women to physical objects

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