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Prediction of Outcome in the Treatment of Agoraphobia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

B. A. Thomas-Peter ,
R. B. Jones ,
A. Sinnott  and
Ann Scott Fordham
B. A. Thomas-Peter
Affiliation:
Park Lane Hospital, Liverpool
R. B. Jones
Affiliation:
Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool
A. Sinnott
Affiliation:
Arrowe Park Hospital, Upton, Wirral
Ann Scott Fordham
Affiliation:
Rainhill Hospital, Prescot, Liverpool
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Seventeen female agoraphobic patients were treated in three groups by in vivo exposure over 10 sessions. Dependent measures comprised an assessment using a behavioural hierarchy and an assessment of subjective anxiety. Pre-treatment assessment of the number of problems and fears, interpersonal variables and personality as measured by the E.P.P.S. were also carried out. Correlational evidence was sought of relationships between pre-treatment assessment variables and treatment outcome. It was found that low scores for “Aggression” on the E.P.P.S. and the rated ability of designated significant others to manage the agoraphobics' behaviour successfully were predictive of good outcome. Possible reasons for and implications of these findings are discussed.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , October 1983 , pp. 320 - 328
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1983

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