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Feasibility randomized controlled clinical trial of mindfulness and acceptance based therapy for females with social anxiety in Karachi, Pakistan 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Batool, Z.,Fatima, B.,Zadeh, Z.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.
  • 출판년도2016
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY
  • 발행사항Vol.33//SUPNo.-[2016]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0924-9338
  • 소개/요약Anxiety and depressive disorders are becoming the major psychological issues among women in Pakistan. Social anxiety is one of the emerging psychological disturbances observed in young women. Since other therapeutic approaches for social anxiety have not shown significant positive outcomes in terms of symptom reduction and relapse prevention, further studies that focus on improving post-functional recovery is needed. Mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy for social anxiety has shown to significantly reduce symptoms of social anxiety in the western world.The present study aims to test the feasibility of mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy for females with social anxiety in Karachi, Pakistan.This trial is a feasibility study of a randomized controlled clinical trial in which 32 female participants will be recruited and randomized to a therapy group and the waiting list control group. A mini social phobia inventory (SPIN-mini) will be administered for screening and recruitment of participants.This is the first randomized controlled trial study in Pakistan for assessing the feasibility and usefulness of a culturally-adapted manualized intervention for social anxiety.