Acceptance-based exposure therapy for public speaking anxiety

England, Erica L.; Herbert, James D.; Forman, Evan M.; Rabin, Stephanie J.; Juarascio, Adrienne S.; Goldstein, Stephanie P.

doi:10.1016/j.jcbs.2012.07.001

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“…Both conditions were associated with high expectations for improvement immediately before beginning exposures and were perceived as highly acceptable at posttreatment. These findings are in line with previous studies that suggest that as long as an empirical rationale is provided, the framework utilized does not differentially impact credibility and expectancy ratings of exposure (Arch et al, 2015;England et al, 2012). Dropout rates for both conditions were comparable and similar to those reported in previous trials of ERP for OCD.…”

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Adding acceptance and commitment therapy to exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A randomized controlled trial

Twohig

Abramowitz

Smith

et al. 2018

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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The objective of this study was to test whether treatment acceptability, exposure engagement, and completion rates could be increased by integrating acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with traditional exposure and response prevention (ERP). 58 adults (68% female) diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD; M age = 27, 80% white) engaged in a multisite randomized controlled trial of 16 individual twice-weekly sessions of either ERP or ACT + ERP. Assessors unaware of treatment condition administered assessments of OCD, depression, psychological flexibility, and obsessional beliefs at pretreatment, posttreatment, and six-month follow-up. Treatment acceptability, credibility/expectancy, and exposure engagement were also assessed. Exposure engagement was high in both conditions and there were no significant differences in exposure engagement, treatment acceptability, or dropout rates between ACT + ERP and ERP. OCD symptoms, depression, psychological inflexibility, and obsessional beliefs decreased significantly at posttreatment and were maintained at follow-up in both conditions. No between-group differences in outcome were observed using intent to treat and predicted data from multilevel modeling. ACT + ERP and ERP were both highly effective treatments for OCD, and no differences were found in outcomes, processes of change, acceptability, or exposure engagement.

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confidence: 89%

Adding acceptance and commitment therapy to exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A randomized controlled trial

Twohig

Abramowitz

Smith

et al. 2018

Behaviour Research and Therapy

125

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“…Furthermore, considering anxiety disorders, treatment defined as acceptance-based behavior therapies has been found beneficial for generalized anxiety disorder (Roemer, Orsillo, & Salters-Pedneault, 2008) and social anxiety (Kocovski, Fleming, & Rector, 2009). In one study, acceptance-based exposure produced a higher remission rate for public speaking anxiety than the traditional form of exposure (England et al, 2012). Acceptance-based interventions for patients with BDD have been proposed in the research of Neziroglu, KhemlaniPatel, and Veale (2008) and Ipser et al (2009), but no empirical studies have investigated this approach.…”

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Acceptance-Based Exposure Therapy for Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Pilot Study

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“…At a clinical level, recent studies confirm that public speaking anxiety is amenable to cognitive–behavioral therapy programs that include exposure to the feared situations,10 including novel methods of exposure, such as virtual reality environments and exposure to videotaped audiences 11–13. Several studies report that computerized cognitive bias modification training may significantly alleviate discomfort in individuals’ speech performance 14–16.…”

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Assessing public speaking fear with the short form of the Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker scale: confirmatory factor analyses among a French-speaking community sample

Heeren¹,

Ceschi²,

Valentiner³

et al. 2013

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Background:The main aim of this study was to assess the reliability and structural validity of the French version of the 12-item version of the Personal Report of Confidence as Speaker (PRCS), one of the most promising measurements of public speaking fear.Methods:A total of 611 French-speaking volunteers were administered the French versions of the short PRCS, the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, the Fear of Negative Evaluation scale, as well as the Trait version of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Beck Depression Inventory-II, which assess the level of anxious and depressive symptoms, respectively.Results:Regarding its structural validity, confirmatory factor analyses indicated a single-factor solution, as implied by the original version. Good scale reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.86) was observed. The item discrimination analysis suggested that all the items contribute to the overall scale score reliability. The French version of the short PRCS showed significant correlations with the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (r = 0.522), the Fear of Negative Evaluation scale (r = 0.414), the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (r = 0.516), and the Beck Depression Inventory-II (r = 0.361).Conclusion:The French version of the short PRCS is a reliable and valid measure for the evaluation of the fear of public speaking among a French-speaking sample. These findings have critical consequences for the measurement of psychological and pharmacological treatment effectiveness in public speaking fear among a French-speaking sample.

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Acceptance-based exposure therapy for public speaking anxiety

Cited by 49 publications

References 32 publications

Adding acceptance and commitment therapy to exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A randomized controlled trial

Adding acceptance and commitment therapy to exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A randomized controlled trial

Acceptance-Based Exposure Therapy for Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Pilot Study

Assessing public speaking fear with the short form of the Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker scale: confirmatory factor analyses among a French-speaking community sample

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