title: Specificity of homework compliance effects on treatment outcome in CBT: evidence from a controlled trial on panic disorder and agoraphobia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Although homework assignments are an integral component of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and relate to positive therapy outcomes, it is unclear whether specific homework types and their completion have specific effects on outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from N = 292 patients (75% female, mean age 36 years) with panic disorder and agoraphobia and treated with standardized CBT were analyzed with homework compliance quality and quantity for different types of homework serving as predictors for different outcome variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Quality ratings of homework completion were stronger outcome predictors than quantitative compliance ratings. Exposure homework was a better outcome predictor than homework relating to psychoeducation and self-monitoring.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Different aspects of homework compliance and specific homework types might differentially relate to CBT outcome.
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. scammin@uni-bremen.de
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cammin-Nowak
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Helbig-Lang
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Andrew T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Gloster
authors.forename: Lydia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fehm
authors.forename: Alexander L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gerlach
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ströhle
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deckert
authors.forename: Tilo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kircher
authors.forename: Alfons O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Hamm
authors.forename: Georg W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Alpers
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arolt
authors.forename: H-U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Wittchen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult