title: Pre-treatment social anxiety severity moderates the impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction and aerobic exercise.
abstract: We examined whether social anxiety severity at pre-treatment would moderate the impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) or aerobic exercise (AE) for generalized social anxiety disorder. MBSR and AE produced equivalent reductions in weekly social anxiety symptoms. Improvements were moderated by pre-treatment social anxiety severity.
  
  
  
  Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and aerobic exercise (AE) are effective in reducing symptoms of social anxiety. Pre-treatment social anxiety severity can be used to inform treatment recommendations. Both MBSR and AE produced equivalent reductions in weekly levels of social anxiety symptoms. MBSR appears to be most effective for patients with lower pre-treatment social anxiety symptom severity. AE appears to be most effective for patients with higher pre-treatment social anxiety symptom severity.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
authors: Hooria
authors: H
authors: Jazaieri
authors: Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA.
authors: Ihno A
authors: IA
authors: Lee
authors: School of Nursing Science & Healthcare Leadership, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, USA.
authors: Philippe R
authors: PR
authors: Goldin
authors: Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA.
authors: James J
authors: JJ
authors: Gross
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064866:Mindfulness / Q000379:methods*; D000072861:Phobia, Social / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult; D013315:Stress, Psychological
keywords: aerobic exercise; mindfulness-based stress reduction; moderators; social anxiety; treatment