Differential Effects of Defusion Strategies Using Different Verbal Stimuli and Exposure to Verbal Stimuli on Anxiety Symptoms

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  • SATO Tomoya
    Graduate School of Human Sciences, Waseda University Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • HASHIMOTO Rui
    Graduate School of Human Sciences, Waseda University
  • MAEDA Shunta
    Graduate School of Human Sciences, Waseda University
  • YAMASHITA Ayumi
    Graduate School of Human Sciences, Waseda University Current affiliation: Social Welfare Corporation Kisen Sodegaura Hikarino Gakuen
  • SHIMADA Hironori
    Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University
  • OHTSUKI Tomu
    Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University

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  • 異なる言語刺激を用いた脱フュージョン方略および言語刺激に対する曝露が不安症状に与える効果の差異の検討
  • コトナル ゲンゴ シゲキ オ モチイタ ダツフュージョン ホウリャク オヨビ ゲンゴ シゲキ ニ タイスル バクロ ガ フアン ショウジョウ ニ アタエル コウカ ノ サイ ノ ケントウ

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Summary: Cognitive defusion strategies are a set of techniques that are used in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to change the functions of verbal stimuli. The Word Repeating Technique (WRT) is a commonly used cognitive defusion technique. This study examined whether differences in verbal stimuli used in WRT have different effects on outcome measures. Further, we investigated whether the WRT have different effects on outcome measures from exposure to verbal stimuli. Forty-nine undergraduate and graduate students were randomly assigned to four groups: (a) the Neutral-Defusion condition, in which neutral verbal (e.g., lemon) stimuli were repeated; (b) the Negative-Defusion condition, in which uncomfortable verbal stimuli (e.g., failure) were repeated; (c) the Both-Defusion condition, in which both neutral and uncomfortable verbal stimuli were repeated; and (d) the Verbal-Exposure condition, in which participants were exposed to uncomfortable verbal stimuli. Results suggested that the WRT had different effects on outcome measures from the exposure to the verbal stimuli. Furthermore, the WRT using uncomfortable verbal stimuli did not have long-term effects on outcome measures, while the WRT using neutral verbal stimuli did, specifically in terms of avoidance of verbal stimuli and subjective measure results.

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