B-SA-AAQ (Brief Social Anxiety - Acceptance and Action Questionnaire)
The SA-AAQ has been evaluated and a shorter version is now available. The Brief Social Anxiety - Acceptance and Action Questionnaire is attached below.
MacKenzie, M. B., Kocovski, N. L., Blackie, R. A., Carrique, L. C., Fleming, J. E., & Antony, M. M. (2017). Development of a brief version of the Social Anxiety – Acceptance and Action Questionnaire. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 39, 342-354.
ACT for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Skills Group Handouts
Attached are ACT skills group handouts that we have used on our perinatal psychiatry inpatient unit at UNC Hospital at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They were adapted from multiple other sources, so the content is in no way original. Also attached is our manuscript describing the rationale and use of these materials.
For additional information, you can contact Crystal Schiller at crystal_schiller@med.unc.edu.
Coping through avoidance may explain gender disparities in anxiety
Authors:
Georgia Panayiotou, Maria Karekla, and Chrysanthi Leonidou
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Recent meta analysis on CBT and Generalised Anxiety Disorder in Older People
Just came across this systematic review and metanalysis that is relevant to the interests of this group:
Kishita, N., & Laidlaw, K. (2017). Cognitive behaviour therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: Is CBT equally efficacious in adults of working age and older adults? Clinical Psychology Review, 52, 124–136. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.01.003
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.01.003
A preliminary examination of willingness and importance as moderators of the relationship between statistics anxiety and performance
Statistics coursework presents a significant challenge for college students, often associated with anxiety, which further inhibits performance. Applied to statistics anxiety and performance, the psychological flexibility model suggests that statistics anxiety may not inhibit performance when it is approached willingly in service of important values. The current study offered a preliminary consideration of statistics-related willingness and importance as moderators of the relationship between statistics anxiety and performance. Undergraduate students completed a measure of statistics anxiety, willingness to engage statistics, and the importance attributed to statistics engagement, then took a short statistics quiz.
The role of experiential avoidance in the relation between anxiety disorder diagnoses and future physical health symptoms in a community sample of young adult women
Individuals diagnosed with an anxiety disorder report more physical health problems than those without an anxiety disorder. Few studies have examined the relation of anxiety disorders to later physical health symptoms, or the processes that may explain this relation. One process of interest is experiential avoidance (EA), which is commonly reported in populations characterized by high anxiety and often leads to health-compromising behaviors. The present study examined the relations between anxiety disorder diagnostic status, EA, and physical health symptoms in a community sample of young adult women. Results revealed a significant association between an anxiety disorder diagnosis and physical health problems four months later.
A preliminary examination of willingness and importance as moderators of the relationship between statistics anxiety and performance
Authors:
Emily K. Sandoz, Grayson Butcher, Tracy A. Protti
The role of experiential avoidance in the relation between anxiety disorder diagnoses and future physical health symptoms in a community sample of young adult women
Authors:
Christopher R. Berghoff, Matthew T. Tull, David DiLillo, Terri Messman-Moore, Kim L. Gratz
Evaluating the Effectiveness of ACT for Anxiety Disorders in a Self-Help Context: Outcomes From a Randomized Wait-List Controlled Trial
Rigorous evaluations of cognitive behavioral self-help books for anxiety in pure self-help contexts are lacking. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) self-help workbook for anxiety-related concerns, with no therapist contact, in an international sample. Participants (N = 503; 94% mental health diagnosis) were randomized to an immediate workbook (n = 256) or wait-list condition (n = 247). Assessments at pretreatment, 12 weeks, 6 months, and 9 months evaluated anxiety and related symptoms, quality of life, and ACT treatment processes (e.g., psychological flexibility). Participants in the wait-list arm crossed over to the workbook following the 12-week assessment.
Mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy and traditional cognitive behavioral group therapy for social anxiety disorder: Mechanisms of change
The present study investigated mechanisms of change for two group treatments for social anxiety disorder (SAD): cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) and mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy (MAGT). Participants were treatment completers (n = 37 for MAGT, n = 32 for CBGT) from a randomized clinical trial. Cognitive reappraisal was the hypothesized mechanism of change for CBGT. Mindfulness and acceptance were hypothesized mechanisms of change for MAGT. Latent difference score (LDS) analysis results demonstrate that cognitive reappraisal coupling (in which cognitive reappraisal is negatively associated with the subsequent rate of change in social anxiety) had a greater impact on social anxiety for CBGT than MAGT.