Status:

COMPLETED

Use of Safety Behaviors in Exposure Therapy for Arachnophobia

Lead Sponsor:

University of Nevada, Reno

Conditions:

Specific Phobia

Arachnophobia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study examines the impact of safety behaviors (i.e., unnecessary protective actions) on outcomes of exposure therapy for spider phobia. Researchers will compare exposure therapy with (a) no safet...

Detailed Description

Some studies suggest that safety behaviors might undermine the efficacy of exposure therapy (Powers et al., 2010), whereas other studies suggest that there is no difference in exposure therapy outcome...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Fluent in English
  • Displays sufficiently high fear of spiders, as indicated by responses on (a) a self report questionnaire (the Fear of Spiders Questionnaire) at prescreening, and (b) Behavioral Avoidance Tests at baseline

Exclusion

  • younger than 18 years old

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 28 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 6 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

59 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04470882

Start Date

February 28 2019

End Date

April 6 2020

Last Update

October 18 2021

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University of Nevada, Reno

Reno, Nevada, United States, 89557