What you don’t know, can’t hurt you: The differential effect of masked versus non-masked counterconditioning and mere exposure to spider pictures on women’s affective evaluation of spiders
Exposure therapy is the treatment of choice for specific phobias but prolonged exposure to feared stimuli is strenuous and may lead to treatment dropout. Previous research showed that repeated exposure to masked spiders was effective in reducing psychophysiological and behavioural fear responses, bu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2024-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Experimental Psychopathology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/20438087231224338 |