Intervención mediante exposición multimedia en un caso de fobia infantil a las avispas / Intervention through multimedia exposure in a case of child wasp phobia
Psicol. conduct
; 28(2): 343-361, 2020. graf
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: ibc-198230
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RESUMEN
Se presenta el caso clínico de un adolescente de 13 años, estudiante de secundaria, con una fobia específica de tipo animal, a las avispas (DSM-5). Se realizó un diseño de caso único A-B con seguimiento y se realizó un tratamiento de exposición progresiva. La evaluación incluyó los cuestionarios FSSC-R, STAI-E/R, FSQ-avispas y EI y un test de evitación conductual multimedia en el que se tomaron medidas de ansiedad subjetiva y de tasa cardíaca ante los diversos estímulos presentados. La intervención duró seis sesiones con cuatro fases de exposición multimedia fotografías, vídeos, avispas simuladas y avispas reales. Se observó un descenso en las puntuaciones de los cuestionarios específicos de ansiedad y de las valoraciones subjetivas de ansiedad a lo largo de las sesiones. No hubo cambios en la tasa cardíaca. El seguimiento a los 9 y a los 16 meses mostró que se mantenían los resultados obtenidos con la terapia. El tratamiento resultó con éxito y al terminar el adolescente podía estar sin paralizarse y sin sentir ansiedad frente a las avispas reales
ABSTRACT
The clinical case of a 13-year-old high school student with wasp phobia is presented; its characteristics would correspond to a diagnosis of specific phobia of animal type (DSM-5). An A-B single case design with follow-up was performed, and a progressive exposure treatment was performed in different phases. A prepost assessment was also performed with the specific questionnaires (FSS-R, STAIE/ R, FSQ-wasp, and EI) and a multimedia behavioural avoidance test in which measures of subjective anxiety and heart rate were taken during the stimuli presentations. The intervention was designed to run for six sessions in four phases of multimedia exposition photographs, videos, simulated and real wasps. The results showed a decrease in the scores of specific anxiety questionnaires, also the subjective assessment of anxiety progressively decreased throughout the sessions. There was no change in heart rate. A follow-up was also carried out at 9 and 16 months, where the results obtained with the therapy were maintained. The treatment was successful and at the end the adolescent could be confronted with real wasps without being paralysed or anxious
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Spain
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Phobic Disorders
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Psychotherapy
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Wasps
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Multimedia
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Psicol. conduct
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Málaga/España