Positive valence reduces susceptibility to return of fear and enhances approach behavior.
Background and Objectives: Although exposure therapy is highly efficacious for anxiety disorders, many individuals do not respond. Drawing from the science of fear extinction and reinstatement, the current study evaluated whether a training designed to increase valence of the feared stimulus improve...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Behavior Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry Vol. 50; pp. 277 - 283 |
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| Formato: | research randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science
Mar2016
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