Comparison of the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Therapy and Mindfulness-acceptance Therapy on Social Self-efficacy and Social Anxiety Disorder Symptoms

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1 Department of psychology, Azad islamic university, shahrood, semnan , iran

2 Department of psychology, Imam Hossein University, Tehran. Iran

3 Department of Psychology, Azad Islamic University, shahrood, Semnan, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of the virtual reality exposure therapy and the mindfulness-acceptance therapy on social self-efficacy and social anxiety symptoms among social anxiety patients.
Method: The research method was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and statistical population included reffered social anxiety patients to a counseling center in Tehran.The sample consisted of 30 social anxiety patients of a counseling center in Tehran during the summer and Fall 2018 with social anxiety disorder diagnosis based on clinical interview and social phobia inventory (SPIN) cut point which selected through available sampling and then randomly divided to two experimental groups (n=15). Instruments included Gaudiano and Herbert self-efficacy for social situations scale (SESS) and Connor et al. social phobia inventory (SPIN) and data were analyzed by SPSS software.
Results: Results showed that the effectiveness of virtual reality exposure therapy and mindfulness-acceptance therapy on social self-efficacy were significantly different and Mindfulness-acceptance therapy was more effective. In social anxiety symptoms two therapies were not different.
Conclusion: Virtual reality exposure therapy and mindfulness-acceptance therapy could be useful for social self-efficacy and social anxiety disorder symptoms, but mindfulness-acceptance therapy is more efficient for social self-efficacy.

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  • Receive Date: 13 March 2019
  • Revise Date: 10 July 2019
  • Accept Date: 02 July 2019

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