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Self-efficacy Enhancement and Exposure Therapy

NCT03105024 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 71

Last updated 2018-04-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Self-efficacy refers to the perceived belief to cope effectively, by personal efforts, with challenging situations and problems (Bandura, 1977). Basic research has shown that increases in perceived self-efficacy can enhance the extinction of fear (Zlomuzica et al., 2015). This study is aimed at translating these findings into a useful clinical application to augment exposure-based treatment outcome.

Conditions

  • Specific Phobia

Interventions

OTHER

Self-efficacy enhancement

specific instructions regarding the retrieval of mastery experiences during exposure will be given (e.g., pointing out discrepancies between expected negative consequences and actual outcome during exposure; focus on achievements)

OTHER

Control intervention

specific instructions regarding the retrieval of the exposure session will be given without an emphasis on personal mastery experience (e.g., description of details regarding the virtual reality environment)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ruhr University of Bochum

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Armin Zlomuzica, Dr. · Ruhr-University Bochum

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
38 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-22
Primary Completion
2017-11-29
Completion
2017-11-29

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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