Placebo effects in the treatment of male dating anxiety.
The outcomes of cognitive-behavioral and high credibility placebo group treatments were compared in a sample of nineteen heterosocially anxious males. At post-test and at a 3-month follow-up, both treatments showed improvement on self-report measures of interpersonal functioning (ps less than 0.05). The cognitive-behavioral treatment showed a consistent pattern of improvement on self-report and behavioral measures of anxiety (ps less than 0.05), but, overall, the groups showed comparable levels of effectiveness. The possibility that both treatments relied on placebo mechanisms is discussed.
Neumann
K F
KF
North Texas State University.
Critelli
J W
JW
Tang
C S
CS
Schneider
L J
LJ
D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003380:Courtship; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male