Anti-phobic and Safety Behaviors in the Treatment of Acrophobia
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Specific Phobia
In brief
This study tests whether a single session of exposure therapy may be enhanced by the addition of anti-phobic actions beyond the mere fading of safety behaviors. A total of 100 acrophobic participants will be randomly assigned to receive standard exposure therapy (EXP), exposure therapy with safety behavior fading (EXP + SBF), exposure with safety behavior fading and anti-phobic actions (EXP + SBF + AA), or to a wait-list control group (WL).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02085343
- Run by
- University of Texas at Austin
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2013-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-11-14
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 18 to 65.
- Fluent in English (written and spoken). This is required because assessment instruments are validated only in English.
- Meet DSM-IV criteria for specific phobia, natural environment type, with acrophobic concerns, based on the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI-Auto; World Health Organization, 1997).
- Report moderate fear or avoidance (i.e., a score of 30 or higher) on a modified version of the Acrophobia Questionnaire (AQ; Cohen, 1977).
- Exhibit at least moderate fear (i.e., a fear score of 50 or higher, where 0 = no fear and 100 = extreme fear) during two behavioral approach tests (BATs) consisting of ascending two moderately challenging flights of stairs.
You may not qualify if…
- Medical condition(s) which may prevent safely climbing or descending stairs or walking for more than 15 minutes at a time (It will be necessary to walk to different sites for the behavioral approach tests).
Where it is running
- The University of Texas at Austin — Austin, Texas, United States (enrolling)
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