Targeting negative flashforward imagery in speech anxiety with a visuospatial dual-task: Do attenuated flashforwards lead to less anxiety and avoidance?

CONCLUSIONS: Reducing negative flashforward imagery vividness and distress with a visuospatial dual-task did not directly lead to less anxiety and avoidance tendencies related to a later speech. Thus, findings provided no support for the hypothesis that experiencing highly vivid and distressing flashforward images causally contributes to social fears.PMID:38160573 | DOI:10.1016/j.jbtep.2023.101940

Source: Behavior Therapy - December 31, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marjolein R Thunnissen Peter J de Jong Marleen M Rijkeboer Marisol J Voncken Ronald M Rapee Maaike H Nauta Source Type: research