Abstract
Nine individuals diagnosed with panic with agoraphobia received three elements of Attentional Fixation Training (AFT): Directed attention to the external environment, directed topographical synthesis, and directed orientation in space-time to control characteristics of panic. They then walked a standard 2.5km route and practiced these elements upon entering one of the five panic-inducing situations: (a) walking alone near a busy street with the examiner following at 20m, (b) walking alone near a busy street with the examiner out of client's visual field, (c) shopping with the examiner present, (d) traveling on a bus alone, and (e) shopping alone. Heart rate was monitored in each of these five situations. Except for the case of using public transport, heart rate activity decreased to a considerable extent during AFT practice suggesting AFT elements provided a good way to control symptoms of panic in vivo. Results were discussed within the confines of a model suggesting that an attentional deficit, which produces a spatial disorientation disorder that maintains both panic and agoraphobia, can efficiently be overcome by means of all three AFT tools. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 273-288 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1999 |
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Keywords
- Agoraphobia
- Attention fixation training
- Cognitive maps
- Spatial orientation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Clinical Psychology
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Attention fixation training : Training people to form cognitive maps help to control symptoms of panic disorder with agoraphobia. / Kállai, János; Kosztolányi, P. éter; Osváth, Anikó; Jacobs, William J.
In: Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Vol. 30, No. 4, 12.1999, p. 273-288.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AB - Nine individuals diagnosed with panic with agoraphobia received three elements of Attentional Fixation Training (AFT): Directed attention to the external environment, directed topographical synthesis, and directed orientation in space-time to control characteristics of panic. They then walked a standard 2.5km route and practiced these elements upon entering one of the five panic-inducing situations: (a) walking alone near a busy street with the examiner following at 20m, (b) walking alone near a busy street with the examiner out of client's visual field, (c) shopping with the examiner present, (d) traveling on a bus alone, and (e) shopping alone. Heart rate was monitored in each of these five situations. Except for the case of using public transport, heart rate activity decreased to a considerable extent during AFT practice suggesting AFT elements provided a good way to control symptoms of panic in vivo. Results were discussed within the confines of a model suggesting that an attentional deficit, which produces a spatial disorientation disorder that maintains both panic and agoraphobia, can efficiently be overcome by means of all three AFT tools. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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