The Efficacy of Imagery Rescripting Compared to Cognitive Restructuring for Social Anxiety Disorder

Highlights • Imagery Rescripting (IR) aims to alter negative meanings associated with distressing memories. • The current study assessed the impact of IR on social anxiety disorder (SAD). • 60 SAD participants completed IR, Cognitive Restructuring (CR) or a Control procedure. • Both IR and CR showed...

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Published in:	Journal of anxiety disorders Vol. 40; pp. 18 - 28
Main Authors:	Norton, Alice R, Abbott, Maree J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01-05-2016
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Cognitive Therapy - methods Fear - psychology Female Humans Imagery (Psychotherapy) - methods Imagery rescripting Male Mechanisms Memory, Episodic Negative imagery Phobia, Social - psychology Phobia, Social - therapy Psychiatry Social anxiety Treatment Treatment Outcome Young Adult Negative Imagery Mechanisms Treatment Social Anxiety Imagery Rescripting Imagery rescripting Negative imagery Social anxiety
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Summary:	Highlights • Imagery Rescripting (IR) aims to alter negative meanings associated with distressing memories. • The current study assessed the impact of IR on social anxiety disorder (SAD). • 60 SAD participants completed IR, Cognitive Restructuring (CR) or a Control procedure. • Both IR and CR showed large positive effects, but mechanisms of action differed. • IR for SAD may benefit from prior CR to target both verbal and imaginal self-representations
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ISSN:	0887-6185 1873-7897
DOI:	10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.03.009