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Group exposure and response prevention for college students with social anxiety: A randomized clinical trial
Brian A Zaboski1, Diana Joyce-Beaulieu1, John H Kranzler1
1Department of Special Education, School Psychology, & Early Childhood Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Objective:
Social anxiety increases college student drop-out risk and stifles employment opportunities. Group cognitive-behavioral therapy with exposure (CBT ERP) has the potential to alleviate campus resource strain but remains under-researched with college students. The present study investigated the efficacy of group CBT ERP in a randomized clinical trial on a college campus.
Method:
Thirty-one postsecondary students were randomly assigned to an exposure-only group or an active control.
Results:
Linear mixed-effects models indicated significant Group × Time interactions for general social anxiety (t = -2.02, g = 0.62) and depression (t = -2.77, g = 0.55); nonsignificant main effects were found for group and time variables. On a measure of fear of negative evaluation, only the main effect of time was significant (t = 2.15, p = 0.032).
Conclusions:
When compared to an active control group, CBT ERP is an efficacious and time-effective treatment for college students experiencing social anxiety.
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