积极的情绪诱导并不能减少恐惧的回归:对公开演讲焦虑的虚拟现实暴露研究
Suzanne C van Veen1, Tomislav D Zbozinek2, Eva A M van Dis1
1Department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Behaviour research and therapy
|February 14, 2024
概括
在暴露治疗前诱导积极情绪并没有改善公共演讲焦虑症患者的结果. 这项研究没有发现证据表明,积极的情绪诱导优化了焦虑人口中的暴露效应.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 焦虑症 焦虑症 焦虑症
背景情况:
- 实验室研究表明,在恐惧灭绝之前诱导积极情绪可以减少负面刺激的价值和恐惧的恢复.
- 将这些发现转化为临床实践需要对焦虑个体进行测试.
研究的目的:
- 调查虚拟现实曝光疗法 (VRET) 之前的积极情绪诱导是否提高了公共演讲焦虑的治疗结果.
- 评估积极情绪对恐惧灭绝,自发恢复和恐惧恢复的影响.
主要方法:
- 六十二名高恐惧公开演讲的学生被随机分为积极情绪诱导,消极情绪诱导或对照组.
- 参与者每周接受两次VRET课程,随后进行一周的随访,包括自发恢复和社会拒绝后的恢复测试.
- 用自我报告尺度和皮肤导电性反应来测量恐惧.
主要成果:
- 情绪被成功操纵,但在暴露后的条件刺激 (CS) 价值方面没有发现显著的群体差异.
- 在所有群体中,VRET有效地降低了公开演讲的恐惧,在随访时具有稳定的效果.
- 与假设相反,积极情绪组表现出比负情绪组更大的CS负价值的自发恢复.
结论:
- 在VRET之前的积极情绪诱导并没有增强恐惧减轻或防止公共演讲焦虑的个体的恐惧复发.
- 这些发现表明,积极情绪诱导可能不是优化焦虑群体暴露治疗结果的有效策略.
- 需要进一步的研究来理解情绪和恐惧之间的复杂相互作用.
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