One-session cognitive treatment of dental phobia: preparing dental phobics for treatment by restructuring negative cognitions
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a single session of cognitive restructuring in a sample of phobic dental patients. Fifty-two patients were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: cognitive restructuring (modification of negative cognitions), provision of information (about oral health and dental treatment), and a waiting list control condition. Both interventions maximally lasted one hour. In comparison with the waiting list control condition and the information intervention condition, the cognitive intervention condition not only showed a large decrease in frequency and believability of negative cognitions, but also exhibited a clear decline in dental trait anxiety. Analysis at a follow-up of one year demonstrated a further, drastic reduction in dental anxiety in both intervention conditions, wherein the difference among these conditions was not maintained. It is concluded that it is possible to obtain substantial reductions of dental trait anxiety through a single session of cognitive restructuring. Nevertheless, repeated exposure to the dental situation seems necessary for a further reduction of anxiety.
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- Authors
- De Jongh, A., Muris, P., Horst, G. T., Van Zuuren, F., Schoenmakers, N., & Makkes, P.
- Affiliations
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (NL)
- ORCID
- Muris, Peter
- Venue
- Behaviour Research and Therapy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1995-11
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 947-954
- ISSN
- 0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2119228154
- Cited by
- 108
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 2.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Dentistry › Oral Surgery › Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Keywords
- dental phobia, dental anxiety, cognitive restructuring, single-session intervention, negative thinking, trait anxiety, information interventions, repeated exposure, anxiety reduction
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Education as Topic, Psychotherapy, Brief, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dental Anxiety, Treatment Outcome
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