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- Title
AGORAFOBIA (CON O SIN PÁNICO) Y CONDUCTAS DE AFRONTAMIENTO DESADAPTATIVAS. ESTUDIO EMPÍRICO. SEGUNDA PARTE.
- Authors
Pitti, Carmen T.; Peñate, Wenceslao; Bethencourt, Juan M.
- Abstract
This paper is focused in the coping strategies used by patients with an agoraphobic disorder (AD) when they are forced to confront phobic situations. Traditionally, the coping strategies considered were those used by agoraphobia patients to reduce anxiety and psychological distress: the avoidance behavior (to avoid the phobic stimuli) and the escape behavior (when the phobic stimulus is present). Additionally, behaviors used to try to avoid negative physiological responses similar to those occurring in an anxiety crisis (interoceptive avoidance) arc also included. A fourth group of behaviors has received less attention: coping strategies that partially allow agoraphobia patients to confront and resist the presence of phobic stimuli. These are stimuli that they need to or are forced to confront.
- Subjects
AGORAPHOBIA; PANIC disorders; AGORAPHOBIA patients; ANXIETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; PHOBIAS
- Publication
Salud Mental, 2006, Vol 29, Issue 3, p24
- ISSN
0185-3325
- Publication type
Article