Citation

Salkovskis P, Mills I. Behav. Res. Ther. 1994; 32(4): 439-445.

Affiliation

University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, England.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8192643

Abstract

The link between depression and phobic responding is poorly understood. Forty-eight spider phobics were exposed to videotaped spider sequences whilst in relatively depressed or relatively elated moods, then presented the same stimuli whilst in a neutral mood. Results indicated that depressed mood increased initial responding, and was associated with greater return of fear during the second (non-mood) sequence. The return of fear was not attributable solely to differential habituation rates during the first sequence, suggesting that the differences observed may have been due to cognitive effects.

Language: en