| Abstract: | Reviews research concerning the behavioral treatment of clinical phobias, and compares findings with related analog studies of Ss with mild fears. Despite the frequently expressed need for caution in generalizing from one population or type of fear to another, earlier reviews based largely on analog studies have tended to ignore this problem. Conclusions regarding the effects of nonspecific treatment variables, anxiety levels during treatment, imaginal or real exposure to phobic situations, and motivational variables in changing phobic behavior are qualified by reference to research with clinical populations. These findings suggest that analog studies may give misleading impressions of the relative importance of different components operating in clinical treatments. (66 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
