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Mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy and traditional cognitive behavioral group therapy for social anxiety disorder: Mechanisms of change

Abstract

The present study investigated mechanisms of change for two group treatments for social anxiety disorder (SAD): cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) and mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy (MAGT). Participants were treatment completers (n = 37 for MAGT, n = 32 for CBGT) from a randomized clinical trial. Cognitive reappraisal was the hypothesized mechanism of change for CBGT. Mindfulness and acceptance were hypothesized …

Authors

Kocovski NL; Fleming JE; Hawley LL; Ho M-HR; Antony MM

Journal

Behaviour Research and Therapy, Vol. 70, , pp. 11–22

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

July 2015

DOI

10.1016/j.brat.2015.04.005

ISSN

0005-7967