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Predicting adoption of exposure therapy in a randomized controlled dissemination trial

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Harned, Melanie S., Dimeff, Linda A., Woodcock, Eric A., Contreras, Ignacio·2013·Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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The present study examined organizational, client, and therapist characteristics as predictors of use of and proficiency in exposure therapy (ET) after training. Therapists naïve to ET (N=181) were randomized to: (1) online training (OLT), (2) OLT plus motivational enhancement (ME), or (3) OLT+ME plus a learning community. Twelve weeks after training, self-reported use of ET in clinical practice was high (87.5%) and therapists demonstrated moderate clinical proficiency. Use of ET was predicted by therapist degree, self-efficacy, and knowledge. Clinical proficiency was predicted by therapist anxiety sensitivity, attitudes, and knowledge, as well as organizational and client barriers. Several of these effects were moderated by training condition, indicating that therapists who received more comprehensive training were less impacted by barriers and showed enhanced adoption in the presence of facilitating factors. Overall, these results suggest that the primary barriers to the adoption of ET are therapist, not organizational or client, factors.

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  • This pattern of drift is attributable in part to anxious therapists being less likely to undertake some elements of evidence-based therapies, particularly the exposure-based elements.

    “In part, this pattern of drift is attributable to anxious therapists being less likely to undertake some elements of evidence-based therapies -particularly the exposurebased elements.”

    From Facets of clinicians' anxiety and the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy (2016) · cites this paper as Harned et al., 2013

    The Results (§3.3.3) and Discussion (§4) report that therapists with higher anxiety sensitivity were less proficient in implementing exposure therapy, and suggest they may avoid or prematurely end exposure tasks. But the study did not establish that general therapist anxiety causes treatment drift: §3.2.3 found no significant association between anxiety sensitivity and reported use of exposure therapy, and the Discussion calls for research on general anxiety. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Clinician anxiety is a key factor underlying CBT therapists' failure to employ evidence-based methods, particularly those that are exposure-based.

    “Clinician anxiety has been identified as a key factor underlying CBT therapists' failure to employ evidence-based methods -particularly those that are exposure-based.”

    From Facets of clinicians' anxiety and the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy (2016) · cites this paper as Harned et al., 2013

    The Results (§3.3.3) associate greater therapist anxiety sensitivity with lower proficiency in exposure therapy, supporting a narrower version of the claim. But proficiency was assessed in simulated role-plays, not as failure to use evidence-based methods in practice; the combined model (§3.3.4) did not find anxiety sensitivity independently significant. The paper also distinguishes anxiety sensitivity from general clinician anxiety, so it does not establish clinician anxiety as a key underlying factor across CBT methods. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • The pattern of some clinicians moving from exposure to other CBT techniques in response to their own anxiety might explain the disparity between the evidence base for exposure-based methods and their poor uptake in routine clinical practice.

    “This pattern of some clinicians moving from exposure to other CBT techniques in response to their own anxiety might go some way to explaining the disparity between the evidence base for exposure-based methods and their poor uptake in routine clinical practice (Harned et al., 2013).”

    From Facets of clinicians' anxiety and the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy (2016) · cites this paper as Harned et al., 2013

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  • Higher anxiety sensitivity predicts less competence and greater reluctance in the delivery of exposure therapy.

    “Higher anxiety sensitivity predicted less competence and greater reluctance in the delivery of exposure therapy (Harned et al., 2013; Meyer et al., 2014).”

    From EFFECT OF TRAINING ON BELIEFS ABOUT EXPOSURE THERAPY IN EXPERIENCED THERAPISTS (2023) · cites this paper as Harned et al., 2013

    The Results (§3.3.3; page unavailable) report that greater baseline anxiety sensitivity predicted less clinical proficiency in exposure therapy in the individual analysis. The Introduction only suggests that such therapists may be less likely to adopt exposure therapy; it does not establish greater reluctance to deliver it. The combined model (§3.3.4) also found that anxiety sensitivity was not a significant predictor of proficiency. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Simple education about the use of exposure-based methods within CBT is an effective strategy.

    “To summarise, simple education about the use of exposure-based methods within CBT is an effective strategy, which might go some way to ensuring that this highly effective intervention is used by many more clinicians (Harned et al., 2013).”

    From The impact of teaching clinicians about implementing exposure therapy with patients with eating disorders: A nonrandomized controlled study (2020) · cites this paper as Harned et al., 2013

    The Introduction (page unavailable) says online training can effectively increase clinicians’ knowledge of exposure therapy. But it also says training succeeds only if it leads to clinical adoption; the Discussion (page unavailable) identifies a combination of teaching, attitudinal intervention, practice and consultation as particularly effective. The paper therefore does not establish that simple education alone will increase clinicians’ use of exposure methods. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Harned, M. S., Dimeff, L. A., Woodcock, E. A., & Contreras, I.
Affiliations
Behavioral Tech Research, Inc. (US)
Corresponding author
Harned, Melanie S.
Venue
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-12
Volume
27
Issue
8
Pages
754-762
ISSN
0887-6185 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2145064735
Cited by
108
References
29
Citations by year
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FWCI
13.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R44MH082474)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
exposure therapy, treatment adoption, dissemination, therapist training, online training, motivation enhancement, learning communities, therapist self-efficacy, anxiety sensitivity, clinical competence, anxiety disorders, organizational factors, client factors
MeSH terms
Adult, Anxiety Disorders, Clinical Competence, Female, Humans, Implosive Therapy, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Patients, Organizational Culture, Self Efficacy, Internet

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