Babl, A.; Berger, T.; Keller, Alina; Gómez Penedo, J.M.; Eubanks, C. F.; Baggenstos, A.; grosse Holtforth, M.; Boettcher, J.; Schulz, A.; Stolz, T.; Krieger, T. (2023). Interpersonal profiles in social anxiety disorder: different settings, different outcomes? (SSRN eLibrary). Social Science Research Network SSRN
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Objective: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most common mental disorders, with the majority of those affected not receiving primary care or psychotherapy. Internet-based treatments may be an alternative for individuals with SAD. A gap in knowledge exists regarding differences in interpersonal variables of SAD patients in either online or face-to-face (ftf) therapy as well as whether these differences affect therapy outcome in online interventions.
Methods: The sample consisted of 539 patients with SAD from four different online treatment studies (N=376) and one university outpatient clinic in Europe (N=163) who received CBT. Interpersonal problems were assessed at baseline and symptom severity at baseline and treatment termination.
Results: Results showed similar interpersonal patterns of being nonassertive and socially inhibited in both treatment groups at baseline, with patients in online treatment being more severely affected than those in ftf therapy. Interpersonal problems of communion were predictive of outcome in both treatments. Patients with interpersonal problems of negative communion benefited more from ftf therapy while patients with interpersonal problems of high communion benefited more from online therapy.
Conclusion: In the future, it may be possible to predict from their baseline interpersonal problems if a particular SAD patient benefits more from online vs. ftf treatment and recommend the suitable treatment.
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Working Paper |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology > Centre of Competence for Psychosomatic Medicine 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of General Internal Medicine (DAIM) > Clinic of General Internal Medicine |
UniBE Contributor: |
Berger, Thomas (B), Baggenstos, Andrea Maria, Grosse Holtforth, Martin, Krieger, Tobias |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
ISSN: |
1556-5068 |
Series: |
SSRN eLibrary |
Publisher: |
Social Science Research Network SSRN |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Alina Kneubühler |
Date Deposited: |
29 Feb 2024 13:04 |
Last Modified: |
29 Feb 2024 13:04 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/193570 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/193570 |
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