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ATTENTIONAL FOCUS AND FEAR OF BLUSHING: A CASE STUDY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1999

Sandra Mulkens
Affiliation:
Maastricht University,The Netherlands
Susan M. Bögelts
Affiliation:
Maastricht University,The Netherlands
Peter J. de Jong
Affiliation:
Maastricht University,The Netherlands

Abstract

By means of a single case study, the effects of redirecting attention above exposure only on fear of blushing, avoidance, and idiosyncratic dysfunctional beliefs were tested. A social phobic patient with fear of blushing as the predominant complaint received sessions of Task Concentration Training (TCT) and Exposure in Vivo (EXP) alternately, after a steady baseline had been established. The treatment consisted of 14 individual sessions. Assessments were held before and after baseline, after treatment, after 4 weeks follow-up, and after 1-year follow-up. Continuous measurements were held throughout the treatment in order to measure the differential effects of TCT and EXP on fear, avoidance and beliefs. TCT and EXP together, turned out to be an effective treatment for fear of blushing: large effects were observed on all three outcome measurements. When differential effects are closely looked at, EXP seemed more effective in decreasing fear of blushing. However, the patient appeared to have used TCT strategies as well during the EXP weeks, which may have contributed to the favourable effects of EXP.

Type
Clinical Section
Copyright
© 1999 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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