Induced mood, phobic responding and the return of fear.
The link between depression and phobic responding is poorly understood. Forty-eight spider phobics were exposed to videotaped spider sequences whilst in relatively depressed or relatively elated moods, then presented the same stimuli whilst in a neutral mood. Results indicated that depressed mood increased initial responding, and was associated with greater return of fear during the second (non-mood) sequence. The return of fear was not attributable solely to differential habituation rates during the first sequence, suggesting that the differences observed may have been due to cognitive effects.
Salkovskis
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University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, England.
Mills
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001143:Arousal; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005239:Fear; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D013112:Spiders