کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10226661 1701285 2018 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Maximizing the generalization of fear extinction: Exposures to a peak generalization stimulus
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
به حداکثر رساندن تعاریف ترس انقراض: مواجهه با محرک عمومی شدن اوج
کلمات کلیدی
تعمیم ترس انقراض، درمان در معرض، تهدید ترس، کاهش کلیت،
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی روانپزشکی و بهداشت روانی
چکیده انگلیسی
Experimental research has shown that generalization of fear extinction from a generalization stimulus (GS) is minimal compared to generalization of fear extinction from the conditional stimulus itself (CS+). This poses a challenge to extinction-based treatments of anxiety because the exact CS is often not known or unavailable. However, experimental studies failed to disentangle differences in stimulus identity (CS + or GS) from differences in the level of fear (GS typically elicits less fear than CS+). Here, we test the hypothesis that a high level of fear is key to extinction learning and generalization, rather than the identity of the stimulus under extinction (CS + or GS). For that purpose, we took advantage of the peak-shift phenomenon that describes the conditions under which a GS can elicit equal or higher levels of responding, compared to the CS+. Hence, we compared the generalizability of fear extinction following exposure to the CS + itself, to a 'weak' GS that elicits less fear, and to a 'peak' GS that elicits as much fear as the CS+. First, the results replicated, with a new set of stimuli, the observation that extinction of a skin conductance response and US-expectancy generalizes only weakly from a weak GS to CS+. Second, extinction generalized strongly from a peak GS towards CS+, as hypothesized. Third, extinction with the peak GS even outperformed extinction with the CS+, as it generalized more strongly across the generalization gradient. Together, these results support exposure treatment strategies that focus on the fear-eliciting potential of stimuli (often described as a fear hierarchy), rather than their learning history. We propose that stimulus typicality and/or intensity may explain the enhanced effects of a 'peak' GS over the CS+ in enhancing the generalization of fear extinction.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Behaviour Research and Therapy - Volume 111, December 2018, Pages 1-8
نویسندگان
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