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Inferiority or Even Superiority of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy in Phobias?—A Systematic Review and Quantitative Meta-Analysis on Randomized Controlled Trials Specifically Comparing the Efficacy of Virtual Reality Exposure to Gold Standard in vivo Exposure in Agoraphobia, Specific Phobia, and Social Phobia

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Background: Convincing evidence on Virtual Reality (VR) exposure for phobic anxiety disorders has been reported, however, the benchmark and golden standard for phobia treatment is in vivo exposure.
Theresa F. Wechsler, Franziska Kümpers, Andreas Mühlberger   +2 more
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Psychometric validation of the Specific Phobia Questionnaire in an Australian community sample

Australian Journal of Psychology
Objective The Specific Phobia Questionnaire (SPQ; Fairbrother & Antony, 2012) is a 43-item scale that measures fear and interference towards various specific phobias. This study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the SPQ in an Australian
Jane Mathews, Bethany M. Wootton, Karen Moses   +2 more
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Phobia Anxiety Disorder: Etiology of Phobia [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences
It has been thousands of years since psychology has been researched, but with the clearer distinguishment and conception, there are still many debates and confusion between psychologists to be clarified. Fear, as one of the most common emotion of people,
Chang Xinyi
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Frequency of and sex distribution in specific phobia subtypes in a treatment-seeking sample

BJPsych Open
Background Specific phobias are common in the community, and much is known from epidemiological surveys about their subtypes and sex ratio. Aims To determine the subtypes and sex ratio in a treatment-seeking sample of people with a specific phobia.
David Veale, Charles Beeson, Andriani Papageorgiou   +2 more
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Successful introduction of sensor‐augmented pump therapy in a patient with diabetes and needle phobia: A case report

Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 2023
Needle phobia is a specific phobia classified as an anxiety disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders‐5, and can be a serious problem for patients requiring insulin injections.
Keiji Sugai, Junpei Shikuma, Satoshi Hiroike, Hironori Abe, Ryo Suzuki   +4 more
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Phobia-specific patterns of cognitive emotion regulation strategies

Scientific Reports, 2023
Although fear plays a vital role in survival, an overly active threat detection system could be maladaptive due to its negative health consequences. Putatively maladaptive emotion regulation (ER) strategies are a core problem in phobias.
Andras N. Zsido, Andras Lang, Beatrix Labadi, Anita Deak   +3 more
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Phobia Exposure Therapy Using Virtual and Augmented Reality: A Systematic Review

Applied Sciences, 2022
A specific phobia is a common anxiety-related disorder that can be treated efficiently using different therapies including exposure therapy or cognitive therapy. One of the most famous methods to treat a specific phobia is exposure therapy.
Ghaida Albakri, Rahma Bouaziz, Wallaa Alharthi, Slim Kammoun, Mohammed Al-Sarem, Faisal Saeed, Mohammed Hadwan   +6 more
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Surface‐Anchored Microgel‐Based Films as Anti‐Icing Coatings

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
The microgel‐based anti‐icing coatings presented in this work reduce ice adhesion by up to 90% on various substrates. This effect can be attributed to the incorporated functional cationic moieties binding a lubricating layer of quasi‐liquid interfacial water.
Inga Litzen, Jacek J. Walkowiak, Steven Zimmer, Meike Emondts, Rostislav Vinokur, Isabel K. Sommerfeld, Philippe Schumacher, Henk Schönheit, Dan E. Demco, Andrij Pich   +9 more
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Gel Electrolytes for Flexible Zinc‐Air Batteries: Design, Challenges, and Perspectives

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review summarizes design strategies for gel electrolytes in flexible zinc‐air batteries, focusing on dendrite suppression, interfacial stability, and ultrathin architectures to enhance cycle life and energy density. ABSTRACT Flexible zinc‐air batteries (FZABs) have emerged as promising candidates for next‐generation flexible electronics and large ...
Yapeng Cao, Tengteng Gu, Yuqiong Wen, Xingxing Gao, Jian Wang, Jun Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Voxel-Based Morphometric Study of Gray Matter in Specific Phobia

Life, 2022
The objective of this study was to analyze the neurostructural abnormalities of brain areas responsible for the acquisition and maintenance of fear in small animal phobia by comparing gray matter volume (GMV) in individuals with phobia and non-fearful ...
Francisco Rivero, Rosario J. Marrero, Teresa Olivares, Wenceslao Peñate, Yolanda Álvarez-Pérez, Juan Manuel Bethencourt, Ascensión Fumero   +6 more
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