Brief standard self-rating for phobic patients
Behaviour Research and TherapyPublished 1 January 1979
I. M. Marks, A Mathews
Citations1,792
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SJR score2.01
SNIP1.64
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A one-page self-rating form is described to monitor change in phobia patients, derived from earlier versions used in 1000 phobic club members and 300 phobic patients, which is short, reliable and valid.
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A one-page self-rating form is described to monitor change in phobic patients. It is derived from earlier versions used in 1000 phobic club members and 300 phobic patients. The form yields four scores: main phobia, global phobia, total phobia and anxiety-depression. The total phobia score is composed of agoraphobia, social and blood-injury subgroups. The form is short, reliable and valid. Adoption of this standard form for research in clinical populations would facilitate comparison of results across centres and studies.
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