Interpersonal Subtypes in Social Phobia: Diagnostic and Treatment Implications
Interpersonal Subtypes in Social Phobia: Diagnostic and Treatment Implications
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DOI:
10.1080/00223891.2010.513704
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Grosse Holtforth, Martin
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作者:
Cain, Nicole M.;Pincus, Aaron L.;Grosse Holtforth, Martin
Interpersonal assessment may provide a clinically useful way to identify subtypes of social phobia. In this study, we examined evidence for interpersonal subtypes in a sample of 77 socially phobic outpatients. A cluster analysis based on the dimensions of dominance and love on the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems-Circumplex Scales (Alden, Wiggins, Pincus, 1990) found 2 interpersonal subtypes of socially phobic patients. These subtypes did not differ on pretreatment global symptom severity as measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory (Derogatis, 1993) or diagnostic comorbidity but did exhibit differential responses to outpatient psychotherapy. Overall, friendly-submissive social phobia patients had significantly lower scores on measures of social anxiety and significantly higher scores on measures of well-being and satisfaction at posttreatment than cold-submissive social phobia patients. We discuss the results in terms of interpersonal theory and the clinical relevance of assessment of interpersonal functioning prior to beginning psychotherapy with socially phobic patients.