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Automatic associations and panic disorder: Trajectories of change over the course of treatment.

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Teachman, Bethany A., Marker, Craig D., Smith-Janik, Shannan B.·2008·Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Cognitive models of anxiety and panic suggest that symptom reduction during treatment should be preceded by changes in cognitive processing, including modifying the anxious schema. The current study tested these hypotheses by using a repeated measures design to evaluate whether the trajectory of change in automatic panic associations over a 12-week course of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is related to the trajectory of change in panic symptoms. Individuals with panic disorder (N = 43) completed a measure of automatic panic associations--the Implicit Association Test (A. G. Greenwald, D. E. McGhee, & J. L. K. Schwartz, 1998), which reflects elements of the schema construct--every 3 weeks over the course of therapy and measures of panic symptoms each week. Dynamic bivariate latent difference score modeling not only indicated that automatic panic associations changed over the course of CBT for panic disorder but showed these changes were correlated with symptom reduction. Moreover, change in automatic panic associations was a significant predictor of change in panic symptom severity. These findings permit inferences about the temporality of change, suggesting that cognitive change does in fact precede and contribute to symptom change.

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  • This bidirectional relation generally parallels other bidirectional findings on reduction in cognitive misappraisal and panic symptom severity in patients undergoing cognitive-behavior therapy.

    “This bidirectional relation generally parallels other bidirectional findings on reduction in cognitive misappraisal and panic symptom severity in patients undergoing cognitive– behavior therapy (Teachman et al., 2008).”

    From Respiratory and cognitive mediators of treatment change in panic disorder: Evidence for intervention specificity. (2010) · cites this paper as Teachman et al., 2008

    The Discussion (page unavailable) reports that changes in automatic panic associations predicted reductions in panic symptom severity during CBT and says the authors suspect a bidirectional relationship. But symptom change did not significantly predict association change under the revised scoring method, and the study measured automatic associations rather than cognitive misappraisal. Calling these bidirectional findings overstates the evidence. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Teachman, B. A., Marker, C. D., & Smith-Janik, S. B.
Affiliations
  • University of Virginia (US)
  • Nova Southeastern University (US)
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
Venue
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Published
2008
Volume
76
Issue
6
Pages
988-1002
ISSN
  • 0022-006X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-2117
OpenAlex
W2012188497
Cited by
113
References
74
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R03 PA-03-039)
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
panic disorder, cognitive behavioral therapy, Implicit Association Test, cognitive models of anxiety, symptom trajectories, treatment modification
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Association, Automatism, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Severity of Illness Index, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Panic Disorder, Young Adult

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