Spider phobia in children: Disgust and fear before and after treatment
Spider phobia in children: Disgust and fear before and after treatment
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DOI：
10.1016/s0005-7967(97)00002-8
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发表时间：
1997-06-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Muris, P
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作者：
deJong, PJ;Andrea, H;Muris, P
在申请治疗的蜘蛛恐惧症女孩组(n=22)、非恐惧症女孩组(n=21)和两组儿童的父母中，评估了对蜘蛛的恐惧、厌恶敏感性和蜘蛛引起的厌恶状态。对恐惧症女孩进行了行为治疗前后的测试，包括1.5小时的眼动、脱敏和再加工，以及1.5小时的活体暴露。研究结果支持这样的观点，即厌恶是蜘蛛恐惧症的一个重要方面：(A)蜘蛛恐惧症女孩表现出更高的厌恶敏感度，认为蜘蛛本身比没有恐惧症的女孩更恶心；(B)蜘蛛恐惧和蜘蛛引起的厌恶情绪因治疗而平行下降；(C)蜘蛛恐惧症女孩的母亲引起蜘蛛厌恶的状况相对较强。后者的发现可能表明，当面对蜘蛛时，父母特定的厌恶反应促进了蜘蛛恐惧的获得。(C)1997年爱思唯尔科学有限公司。
Fear of spiders, disgust sensitivity, and spiders' disgust-evoking status were assessed in a group of spider phobic girls (n = 22) who applied for treatment, in a group of non-phobic girls (n = 21), and in the parents of both groups of children. The phobic girls were tested both before and after behavioural treatment which consisted of 1.5 hr eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and 1.5 hr exposure in vivo. Findings support the idea that disgust is an important aspect of spider phobia: (a) spider phobic girls exhibited higher levels of disgust sensitivity and considered spiders per se as more disgusting than non-phobic girls; (b) there was a parallel decline of spider fear and spiders' disgust-evoking status as a result of treatment; and (c) spiders' disgust-evoking status was relatively strong in mothers of spider phobic girls. The latter finding may indicate, that the acquisition of spider fear is facilitated by specific parental disgust reactions when confronted with spiders. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.