Exposure-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety Disorders: Superiority Over Relaxation-Based Comparator and Predictors of Response.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evidence supports exposure-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (EF-CBT) for child and adolescent anxiety disorders, but protocols comparing EF-CBT with other therapy modalities (eg, relaxation) are understudied, and little is known about predictors of EF-CBT response. Extending an interim report, this study compared EF-CBT with an active comparator, relaxation and mentorship training (RMT), and examined predictors of EF-CBT response.

Method

Participants were 139 youths with transdiagnostic anxiety disorders (age range 7-18 years, mean age 12.3). Sample demographics were male, 24.5%; female, 75.5%; Asian, 0.7%; Black, 5.8%; multiracial, 0.7%; other, 0.7%; other Pacific Islander, 11.5%; unknown, 2.9%; White, 77.7%; 5.8% Hispanic/Latino. Participants were randomized

SUBMITTER: Bilek EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684458 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature