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A preliminary investigation of stimulus control training for worry
McGowan, S. K., & Behar, E. (2013). A preliminary investigation of stimulus control training for worry.
Level B Experiment doi:10.1177/0145445512455661
What this study supports
Supports the claim that a daily 30-minute time- and place-restricted worry period reduced worry, anxiety, negative affect and insomnia more than the control condition, but not depression or positive affect. Preliminary trial, small sample, short follow-up, worry rather than rumination.
- Who was studied
- 53 participants with high trait worry randomly assigned to two weeks of stimulus control training or focused worry.
- Design
- Experiment
- Level of evidence
- Controlled studies: randomised or experimental designs, and syntheses of correlational work.
Claims that rest on it
Each claim states what the site asserts, at what strength, and with what caveat.
EmpiricalLevel BConfidence LOW
In a preliminary randomised study of people with high trait worry, two weeks of a daily 30-minute time- and place-restricted worry period reduced worry, anxiety, negative affect and insomnia more than a control condition, but not depression or positive affect.
- Scope
- 53 adults with high trait worry over two weeks.
- Caveat
- Small, preliminary and short; it concerns worry rather than rumination about past events.
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