Treatment specific competence predicts outcome in cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder

  • Several studies have demonstrated a positive relationship between competence and outcome in CBT for depression but studies of CBT for anxiety disorders are lacking. The present study explores the relationship between competence and outcome in cognitive therapy (CT) for social anxiety disorder, using hierarchical linear modeling analyses (HLM). Data were drawn from a multicenter randomized controlled trial. Five trained raters evaluated videotapes of two therapy sessions per patient using the Cognitive Therapy Competence Scale for Social Phobia (CTCS-SP). Overall adherence to the treatment manual and patient difficulty were also assessed. Patient outcome was rated by other assessors using the Clinical Global Impression Improvement Scale (CGI-I) and the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS). Results indicated that competence significantly predicted patient outcome on the CGI-I (β = .79) and LSAS (β = .59). Patient difficulty and adherence did not further improve prediction. The findings support the view that competence influences outcome and should be a focus of training programs. Further research is needed to compare different ways of assessing competence and to understand the complex relationships between competence and other therapy factors that are likely to influence outcome.

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Author:Denise M. Ginzburg, Christiane Bohn, Volkmar Höfling, Florian Weck, David M. Clark, Ulrich StangierORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-420045
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2012.09.001
ISSN:1873-622X
ISSN:0005-7967
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23072975
Parent Title (English):Behaviour research and therapy
Publisher:Elsevier Science
Place of publication:Amsterdam [u.a.]
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2016/11/11
Year of first Publication:2012
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2016/11/11
Volume:50
Page Number:6
First Page:747
Last Page:752
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(c)2012 Elsevier Ltd. Open access under CC BY license.
HeBIS-PPN:42859297X
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0