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Efficacy of self-administered treatments for pathological academic worry: A randomized controlled trial
- Source :
- Behaviour research and therapy. 48(9)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Research on treatments for reducing pathological worry is limited. In particular, academic worry is a common theme in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) samples as well as non-clinical student samples. Given the high cost of anxiety disorders to society, research is needed to examine the efficacy of self-administered treatments designed to reduce pathological worry. The primary goal of this study was to investigate the benefits of three self-administered interventions for reducing academic worry. College students (N = 113) experiencing clinically significant academic worry were randomized to either: (a) worry exposure (WE); (b) expressive writing (EW); (c) relaxation consisting of pulsed audio-photic stimulation (APS); or (d) waitlist control (WLC). Participants were instructed to practice their interventions three times per week for one month and completed home practice logs online to track treatment adherence. Academic worry, general anxiety, and perceived stress were assessed at baseline and post-treatment. Academic worry and general anxiety were also assessed at a three-month follow-up. Those assigned to the WE and APS conditions showed significant improvement relative to EW and WLC at post-treatment. All treatment conditions showed continued improvement by follow-up, with no between-group differences. Treatment and public health implications are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Periodicity
Generalized anxiety disorder
medicine.medical_treatment
media_common.quotation_subject
Writing
Psychological intervention
Implosive Therapy
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Anxiety
Relaxation Therapy
law.invention
Education
Young Adult
Randomized controlled trial
law
Adaptation, Psychological
medicine
Humans
Students
media_common
Analysis of Variance
medicine.disease
Self Care
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Expressed Emotion
Treatment Outcome
Acoustic Stimulation
Cognitive therapy
Female
medicine.symptom
Brief intervention
Worry
Psychology
Anxiety disorder
Photic Stimulation
Stress, Psychological
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1873622X
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Behaviour research and therapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....726ad5aeb74f7404aa47e285e59c643e