Shiban, Youssef and Fruth, Martina B. and Pauli, Paul and Kinateder, Max and Reichenberger, Jonas and Muehlbergera, Andreas (2016) Treatment effect on biases in size estimation in spider phobia. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 121. pp. 146-152. ISSN 0301-0511, 1873-6246
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Background: The current study investigates biases in size estimations made by spider-phobic and healthy participants before and after treatment. Method: Forty-one spider-phobic and 20 healthy participants received virtual reality (VR) exposure treatment and were then asked to rate the size of a real spider immediately before and, on average, 15 days after the treatment. During the VR exposure treatment skin conductance response was assessed. Results: Prior to the treatment, both groups tended to overestimate the size of the spider, but this size estimation bias was significantly larger in the phobic group than in the control group. The VR exposure treatment reduced this bias, which was reflected in a significantly smaller size rating post treatment. However, the size estimation bias was unrelated to the skin conductance response. Conclusion: Our results confirm the hypothesis that size estimation by spider-phobic patients is biased. This bias is not stable over time and can be decreased with adequate treatment. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | EXPECTANCY BIAS; VIRTUAL-REALITY; FEAR; PERCEPTION; STIMULI; ASSOCIATIONS; PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; PARADIGM; DISORDER; Spider phobia; Perceptual bias; Size perception; Virtual reality; Exposure therapy; Skin conductance response |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Psychology and Pedagogy > Institut für Psychologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Apr 2019 08:22 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Apr 2019 08:22 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/3868 |
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