Thorpe S J, Salkovskis P M
University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Wameford Hospital, UK.
Br J Clin Psychol. 1997 May;36(2):225-41. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1997.tb01409.x.
Spider phobics were tested before and after one-session treatment for spider phobia, or a comparable waiting period, using a spider-word Stroop test and questionnaires in which they rated spider-relevant threat beliefs. Compared with untreated spider phobic controls, the treated phobics changed significantly in their negative beliefs about spiders after treatment. Controls and treated phobics showed the same change in their reaction time latencies to spider stimuli in the Stroop test. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that the modification of threat beliefs is crucial in changing the response to phobic stimuli. It is concluded that the threat-specific Stroop test is an ambiguous measure of fear-related cognitive processes.
蜘蛛恐惧症患者在接受针对蜘蛛恐惧症的单次治疗前后，或在一段类似的等待期之后，接受了蜘蛛词色词测验以及一些问卷测试，在问卷中他们对与蜘蛛相关的威胁信念进行了评分。与未经治疗的蜘蛛恐惧症对照组相比，接受治疗的恐惧症患者在治疗后对蜘蛛的负面信念有了显著变化。在色词测验中，对照组和接受治疗的恐惧症患者对蜘蛛刺激的反应时间变化相同。这些数据与以下假设一致，即威胁信念的改变对于改变对恐惧刺激的反应至关重要。研究得出结论，特定威胁色词测验是一种对恐惧相关认知过程的模糊测量方法。
