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    Spider phobics exhibit tighter cognitive construing, indicating a link between emotional disorders and rigid thought patterns. Treatment reduced anxiety but did not alter this cognitive style.

    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Cognitive Science
    • Clinical Psychology

    Background:

    • Emotional disorders are hypothesized to correlate with rigid cognitive patterns.
    • Repertory grid techniques offer insights into individual cognitive structures.
    • Spider phobia serves as a model for studying anxiety-related cognitive processes.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the relationship between cognitive construing and spider phobia.
    • To determine if 'tight' construing, measured by the coefficient of concordance, is characteristic of phobic individuals.
    • To assess the impact of desensitization therapy on cognitive concordance in spider phobics.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized a Kelly grid with spiders as elements to derive an index of tight construing.

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  • Calculated the coefficient of concordance as the average correlation between constructs.
  • Compared concordance levels between spider phobics and a control group.
  • Administered desensitization therapy to phobic participants and re-evaluated concordance.

    • Main Results:

    • The coefficient of concordance was significantly higher in spider phobics compared to controls.
    • This finding supports the hypothesis linking emotional disorders with tighter, more correlated symptom constructs.
    • Desensitization therapy effectively reduced phobic anxiety levels.
    • No significant change in the coefficient of concordance was observed post-therapy.

    Conclusions:

    • Spider phobia is associated with a 'tighter' cognitive construing style.
    • Cognitive rigidity, as indicated by high concordance, may be a stable characteristic of phobic disorders.
    • Current desensitization protocols may not directly address or alter underlying cognitive structures related to phobia.