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Attentional bias and spider phobia: Conceptual and clinical issues

Lavy, Edith, van den Hout, Marcel, Arntz, Arnoud·1993·Behaviour Research and Therapy

DOI 10.1016/0005-7967(93)90038-v

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Experimental evidence indicates that anxious subjects show an attentional bias for threat-relevant information. Foa and McNally (1986) (Cognitive Therapy and Research, 10, 477-485) and Watts et al. (1986) (British Journal of Psychology, 77, 97-108) reported that behaviour therapy can eliminate this attentional bias. A replication study was carried out in order to increase the evidence for exposure being the crucial component in reducing attentional bias. Moreover, in this study some conceptual and clinical issues are explored. The theoretical and clinical implications of the results are discussed.

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Authors: Lavy, E., van den Hout, M., & Arntz, A.
Corresponding author: Lavy, Edith
ORCID: Arntz, Arnoud
Venue: Behaviour Research and Therapy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1993-01
Volume: 31
Issue: 1
Pages: 17-24
ISSN: 0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/0005-7967(93)90038-v
OpenAlex: W2083809062
Cited by: 168
References: 22
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 9
FWCI: 15.59
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
Keywords: attentional bias, spider phobia, threat-related attention, exposure therapy, behavior therapy, anxiety, replication study, cognitive therapy
MeSH terms: Adult, Animals, Arousal, Association Learning, Attention, Desensitization, Psychologic, Female, Humans, Implosive Therapy, Personality Inventory, Phobic Disorders, Spiders, Bias

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