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Behavior completion mechanisms rather than primary drives maintain behavioral patterns

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    |June 1, 1980
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    Anxiety treatments like desensitization and aversion therapy may work by reducing arousal linked to behavior completion mechanisms. This approach is effective for agoraphobia and compulsive behaviors, not just specific phobias.

    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Behavioral Science
    • Clinical Psychology

    Background:

    • Anxiety is characterized by high arousal.
    • Agoraphobia involves arousal triggered by delays in ongoing activities, unlike specific phobias.
    • Behavior completion mechanisms are hypothesized to cause arousal when activities are delayed.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To differentiate agoraphobia from specific phobias.
    • To propose a mechanism for arousal in agoraphobia and compulsive behaviors.
    • To explain the efficacy of desensitization and aversive therapy.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of evidence on desensitization in agoraphobia and specific phobias.
    • Analysis of aversive therapy's effects on compulsive sexual behaviors.

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  • Theoretical framework linking arousal to behavior completion mechanisms.

    • Main Results:

    • Desensitization is effective in agoraphobia but not specific phobias.
    • Aversive therapy reduces compulsive behaviors without altering sexual orientation.
    • Both therapies may reduce arousal generated by behavior completion mechanisms.

    Conclusions:

    • Arousal in agoraphobia and compulsive behaviors may stem from behavior completion mechanisms.
    • Desensitization and aversive therapy likely function by inhibiting this arousal.
    • A shared mechanism involving experimental neurosis may underlie both therapeutic approaches.