Reducing the return of avoidance and fear by directly targeting avoidance: Comparing incentive-based and instructed extinction of avoidance to passive fear extinction

Enhancing the reduction of avoidance may optimize treatment for anxiety disorders. Past research focused on boosting fear extinction to reduce avoidance, however, with limited success. Directly extinguishing avoidance may be more promising. This preregistered study tested the impact of incentives an...

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Main Authors: Andre Pittig, Alex H. K. Wong
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado: SAGE Publishing 2022-11-01
Series:Journal of Experimental Psychopathology
Acceso en liña:https://doi.org/10.1177/20438087221136424