Treating university students with social phobia and public speaking fears: Internet delivered self-help with or without live group exposure sessions

Tillfors, Maria,1963-Örebro universitet,Akademin för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete,Center for Health and Medical Psychology (CHAMP) (author)

Treating university students with social phobia and public speaking fears : Internet delivered self-help with or without live group exposure sessions

BACKGROUND: This study investigated the efficacy of an Internet-based self-help program with minimal therapist contact via e-mail for Swedish university students with social phobia and public speaking fears. The main objective was to test if the Internet-based self-help program would be more effective if five live group exposure sessions were added. METHODS: Thirty-eight students meeting the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 4th edition criteria for social phobia were randomized into two different treatment groups: Internet delivered cognitive behavior therapy combined with five group exposure sessions (ICBT+ exp) or the Internet program alone (ICBT). RESULTS: Results were analyzed on an intention-to-treat basis. Both treatment groups showed significant improvement from pre- to post-test, and from pre-test to 1-year follow-up, on all measured dimensions (social anxiety, general anxiety, depression levels, and quality of life). For both the groups, the average within-group effect sizes for the primary social anxiety scales, expressed as Cohen's d, were comparable to those seen in traditionally administered cognitive behavioral therapy both at post-test and at 1- year follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that the Internet-based self-help program on its own is efficient in the treatment of university students with social phobia. Adding group exposure sessions did not improve the outcome significantly.

Carlbring, Per,1972-Linköpings universitet,Filosofiska fakulteten,Avdelningen för klinisk och socialpsykologi (CS)(Swepub:liu)perca10 (author)
Furmark, TomasUppsala universitet,Institutionen för psykologi(Swepub:uu)tomafurm (author)
Lewenhaupt, SusanneUppsala universitet,Institutionen för psykologi (author)
Spak, MariaUppsala universitet,Institutionen för psykologi (author)
Eriksson, AnnaUppsala universitet,Institutionen för psykologi (author)
Westling, Bengt E.Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för psykologi(Swepub:uu)bengtwes (author)
Andersson, Gerhard,1966-Karolinska Institutet,Linköpings universitet,Filosofiska fakulteten,Avdelningen för klinisk och socialpsykologi (CS)(Swepub:liu)geran87 (author)
Eriksson, Annelie (author)
Ekselius, Lisa (author)
Örebro universitetAkademin för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete (creator_code:org_t)

In:Depression and anxiety (Print): Hindawi Limited25:8, s. 708-7171091-42691520-6394

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By the university: Örebro University; Uppsala University; Karolinska Institutet; Linköping University

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