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In this study, the effectiveness of short-term implosive therapy was tested. 43 Ss with an ascertained fear of rats were divided into an experimental and a control group. The experimental Ss were treated by implosion; whereas the controls were exposed to relaxing cues. All therapy was conducted in 1 session. A posttest which consisted of picking up a rat was the criterion for success of the therapy. The behavior of the experimental group was significantly different (chi-square, p < .001) from that of the control group on the posttest. The utility of short-term implosion was demonstrated.

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