Low-intensity mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) effectively improves the clinical symptoms of social anxiety disorder. However, there are non-responders who cannot decrease their cost/probability bias significantly; hence, their social anxiety symptoms remain unaddressed. Mindfulness training and cognitive-behavioral approaches promote a reduction in cost/probability bias and social anxiety symptoms. This study examines the effectiveness of a four-session program of mindfulness and CBT (M-CBT) in a non-clinical sample of individuals with high social anxiety.

Methods

Participants were 50 Japanese undergraduate students (37 women and 13 men) randomly allocated to an intervention group (n = 27) and a control group (n = 23). The intervention group underwent a four-session M-CBT pr

SUBMITTER: Noda S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10921717 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature