Further investigation of the association between anxiety sensitivity and posttraumatic stress disorder: Examining the influence of emotional avoidance
Author(s):
Joseph R. Bardeen, Matthew T. Tull, Erin N. Stevens & Kim L. Gratz
Coping with rejection concerns in romantic relationships: An experimental investigation of social anxiety and risk regulation
Author(s):
Alex Afram & Todd B. Kashdan
ACT: Anxiety
Author-clinical psychologist Dr. Kelly Wilson descibes how the use the principles of ACT Therapy to address anxiety in an effective way. Also see “Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BKgaYQ3PuI
Dispositional coping in individuals with anxiety disorder symptomatology: Avoidance predicts distress
Anxiety disorders entail avoidance of feared situations and anxious experiences, which is believed to maintain anxiety pathology. It remains unclear if predominant coping styles, like avoidance, are similar across anxiety disorders or if each disorder has its own coping profile.
Dispositional coping in individuals with anxiety disorder symptomatology: Avoidance predicts distress
Author(s):
Georgia Panayiotou, Maria Karekla, Ioanna Mete
Relationships between amount of post-intervention mindfulness practice and follow-up outcome variables in an acceptance-based behavior therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The importance of informal practice
Because most behavioral treatments are time-limited, skills and practices that foster long-term maintenance of gains made during treatment are of critical importance. While some studies have found mindfulness practice to be associated with improvements in outcome variables over the course of treatment (Vettese, Toneatto, Stea, Nguyen, & Wang, 2009), very little is known about the effects of continued mindfulness practice following treatment termination.
A pilot study of processes of change in group-based acceptance and commitment therapy for health anxiety
Background
A pilot study of processes of change in group-based acceptance and commitment therapy for health anxiety
Author(s):
Ditte Hoffmann, Lea Halsboe, Trine Eilenberg, Jens S. Jensen, Lisbeth Frostholm
Relationships between amount of post-intervention mindfulness practice and follow-up outcome variables in an acceptance-based behavior therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The importance of informal practice
Author(s):
Lucas P.K. Morgan, Jessica R. Graham, Sarah A. Hayes-Skelton, Susan M. Orsillo, Lizabeth Roemer
The effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on reducing anxiety symptoms and body image dissatisfaction in obese women
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on reducing anxiety symptoms and body image dissatisfaction in obese women. This semi-experimental study has control and experimental groups with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up.