Behavioral Assessment of Anxiety Disorders

Chorpita, Bruce F.; Taylor, Alissa A.

doi:10.1007/0-306-47628-2_3

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“…Buckner et al, 2011). State anxiety was assessed at baseline and throughout the task using Subjective Units of Discomfort (SUDS; Wolpe, 1968), a commonly used, brief, validated measure of state anxiety during anxiety-induction tasks (see Chorpita and Taylor, 2001), for which participants rate their state anxiety from 0 ( totally relaxed, on the verge of sleep ) to 10 ( the highest anxiety you have ever experienced ). Cannabis use motives were assessed by asking participants to write their reasons for wanting to use cannabis or not wanting to use cannabis at each assessment point during the task.…”

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Cannabis craving in response to laboratory-induced social stress among racially diverse cannabis users: The impact of social anxiety disorder

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Social anxiety disorder appears to be a risk factor for cannabis-related problems. Although it is presumed that increases in cannabis craving during elevated social anxiety reflect an intent to cope with greater negative affectivity, it is unclear whether increases in physiological arousal during social stress are related to cannabis craving, especially among those with social anxiety disorder. Similarly, no studies have assessed motivational reasons for cannabis use during elevated social stress. Thus, the current study tested whether increases in state social anxiety (measured subjectively and via physiological arousal) were related to greater cannabis craving among 126 current cannabis users (88.9% with cannabis use disorder, 31.7% with social anxiety disorder, 54.0% non-Hispanic Caucasian) randomly assigned to either a social interaction or reading task. As predicted, cannabis users in the social interaction condition reported greater cannabis craving than those in the reading condition. This effect was particularly evident among those with social anxiety disorder. Although physiological arousal did not moderate the relationship between condition and craving, coping motives were the most common reasons cited for wanting to use cannabis and were reported more among those in the social interaction task. These experimental results uniquely add to a growing literature suggesting the importance of elevated state social anxiety (especially among those with social anxiety disorder) in cannabis use vulnerability processes.

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Cannabis craving in response to laboratory-induced social stress among racially diverse cannabis users: The impact of social anxiety disorder

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“…Overall, the task was measured based on two behavioral indices (i.e., touching/holding the snake or not and the distance in feet from the participant to the snake) and two SUDs ratings (a 10-point scale by the participant and a 3-point scale by the experimenter about the participant’s anxiety). Variations of this task, with a somewhat similar setup, have been used for decades to behaviorally assess phobic responses (Chorpita & Taylor, 2001; Ollendick et al, 2004; Silverman & Ollendick, 2005).…”

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“…Due to its brief and parsimonious nature as well as the extent of data that can be obtained, the BAT has become a standard in phobia assessment and treatment procedures (McCabe et al, 2010; Rowa et al, 2008), though it is not without limitations and drawbacks (Chorpita & Taylor, 2001; Davis et al, 2009; Silverman & Ollendick, 2005). Several factors come into play when selecting evidence-based assessment procedures for anxiety disorders.…”

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The Behavioral Avoidance Task Using Imaginal Exposure (BATIE): A paper-and-pencil version of traditional in vivo behavioral avoidance tasks.

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Behavioral avoidance tasks (BATs) have been used for decades in the assessment of specific phobias, but they also involve a number of prohibitive difficulties. This study investigated a new imaginal/self-report instrument, the Behavioral Avoidance Task Using Imaginal Exposure (BATIE), and evaluated whether it was an efficient paper-and-pencil alternative. Forty-nine adults diagnosed with specific phobias were matched to 49 participants without those particular phobias who served as control participants. The participants were 89.8% female and 79.6% Caucasian and had a mean age of 20.81 years (SD = 3.62). Diagnosis was determined using the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule (Brown, DiNardo, & Barlow, 1994). Participants completed a BAT following a BATIE. Results indicated BATIE ratings significantly correlated with BAT performance and ratings. Significant differences were also found between the phobic and control groups on all BATIE ratings (all differences indicated poorer performance or more fear in those with specific phobias). Also, the BATIE scores demonstrated good evidence of convergent and discriminant validity compared to other self-reports, significantly predicted BAT performance even when controlling for those measures of fear and anxiety, and significantly predicted diagnostic severity ratings. Overall, results indicated that the BATIE may be a reasonable alternative to in vivo BATs in certain situations (e.g., clinical practice, unavailability of BAT stimuli).

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Behavioral Assessment of Anxiety Disorders

Cited by 2 publications

References 18 publications

Cannabis craving in response to laboratory-induced social stress among racially diverse cannabis users: The impact of social anxiety disorder

Cannabis craving in response to laboratory-induced social stress among racially diverse cannabis users: The impact of social anxiety disorder

The Behavioral Avoidance Task Using Imaginal Exposure (BATIE): A paper-and-pencil version of traditional in vivo behavioral avoidance tasks.

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