C G Last1, C Hansen, N Franco. 1. Anxiety Treatment Center at the Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Coral Springs, FL, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a controlled group outcome investigation of the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral treatment for school phobia. METHOD: Fifty-six children with school phobia were randomly assigned to 12 weeks of cognitive-behavioral therapy or an attention-placebo control condition. Pre- and posttreatment school attendance, self-reported anxiety and depression, and diagnostic status were compared. RESULTS: Both the experimental and control treatments were equally effective at returning children to school. Both treatments also were effective in reducing children's anxiety and depressive symptoms. Follow-up revealed no differences between groups when the children reentered school the next school year. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, results suggest that psychosocial treatments are effective at returning school-phobic children to school and that the highly structured cognitive-behavioral approach may not be superior to more traditional educational and supportive treatment methods.
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OBJECTIVE: To conduct a controlled group outcome investigation of the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral treatment for school phobia. METHOD: Fifty-six children with school phobia were randomly assigned to 12 weeks of cognitive-behavioral therapy or an attention-placebo control condition. Pre- and posttreatment school attendance, self-reported anxiety and depression, and diagnostic status were compared. RESULTS: Both the experimental and control treatments were equally effective at returning children to school. Both treatments also were effective in reducing children's anxiety and depressive symptoms. Follow-up revealed no differences between groups when the children reentered school the next school year. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, results suggest that psychosocial treatments are effective at returning school-phobic children to school and that the highly structured cognitive-behavioral approach may not be superior to more traditional educational and supportive treatment methods.
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