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Junwen CHEN, Hisanobu KAIYA, Yuji SAKANOArticle type: Article
2000 Volume 26 Issue 2 Pages 57-68
Published: September 30, 2000
Released on J-STAGE: April 06, 2019
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe purpose of this article is to examine the effects of an educational program concerning symptoms of panic disorder and procedure of exposure for patients with Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia on the effectiveness of the exposure. In the first study, twelve patients with panic disorder with agoraphobia were asked to rate their self-efficacy on controlling symptoms before and after the patient education, after problems on conducting self-exposure were made clear by the preliminary questionnaire. Results showed that the self-efficacy and motivation to conduct exposure increased after the patient education. In the second study, effects of patient education on the treatment effectiveness of the exposure were investigated by assessing self-efficacy, anxiety, and depressive mood before and after the exposure. Results revealed that patients who received the educational program showed higher self-efficacy on conducting exposure and on controlling symptoms than patients who did not receive the educational program. Furthermore, patients who received patient education showed lower anxiety and depressive mood after exposure. Finally, the effects and the role of the educational program were discussed within the theoretical framework of the cognitive behavior therapy.View full abstractDownload PDF (1120K) -
Yoshiko ADACHI, Miyuki ONSEN, Kouko HIKINO, Kazuko TAKEDA, Toshiko YAM ...Article type: Article
2000 Volume 26 Issue 2 Pages 69-82
Published: September 30, 2000
Released on J-STAGE: April 06, 2019
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSRecent findings have shown that behavioral parent training helps parents with not only disabled or handicapped but also normal children. The aim of this research was to investigate how mothers parent 18-month-old children and how to provide them with the knowledge and skills of behavioral parenting training. Parenting stress, parenting skills, and cognitive factors were observed in 182 mothers with 18-month-old children on a questionnaire. Data were collected at children's health check up in a public health center with a questionnaire consisting of 22 questions. Stress reactions such as depressed mood, irritability, and physical malconditions were measured. The survey data showed that stress reactions correlate significantly with parenting skills and perception or assessment of their own children. In general, most mothers were tired and not sufficiently confident in their parenting, however they had own social network and support from husbands, relatives or friends, and were enjoying life with their children. Mothers who are not skilled at managing children or stress coping, and who have little communication with husbands were thought to be high risk of parenting. Further research will be necessary to screen appropriately high risk mothers who need special help, and find out whether offering information in a brief parenting manual improve mother's parenting skills and reduces their parenting stress.View full abstractDownload PDF (1268K) -
Motoharu KANAYAMA, Yoshimichi GOTO, Shoji SATOArticle type: Article
2000 Volume 26 Issue 2 Pages 83-96
Published: September 30, 2000
Released on J-STAGE: April 06, 2019
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe present study examined the effects of classroom-based social skills training upon elementary school children's loneliness. Sixty-three third grade children participated in this study. They were assigned to the training and the control groups. The training consisted of 8 sessions which focused on three target skills (rule following skills, conflict resolution skills, social initiation skills). The first study aimed to examine the immediate effect of the training. The training group, compared with the control group, significantly greater improved their social skills assessed by a self-reported measure after the training. The teacher ratings on the trained children's social skills and problem behaviors also showed significant improvements. Their loneliness was decreased after the training. The second study aimed to examine the maintenance effect of training. Six months follow up demonstrated that training group maintained the training gains.View full abstractDownload PDF (1384K) -
Hideichi MIYANO, Hisanobu KAIYA, Yuji SAKANOArticle type: Article
2000 Volume 26 Issue 2 Pages 97-106
Published: September 30, 2000
Released on J-STAGE: April 06, 2019
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the simplified virtual reality exposure for treating thunder phobia. The simplified virtual reality exposure system consisted of a head mounted display and body sonic equipment, which are marketed. Compared with the conventional virtual reality exposure, this system is inexpensive and is easy to operate. The subject was a 43-year-old woman who had suffered from thunder phobia for 17 years. As a result of intervention with the simplified virtual reality exposure of 19 sessions, scores of self-evaluation of attitude of and avoidance from thunder were decreased. She became free from thunder phobia, and the improyement observed in the treatment was maintained at 2-month and 7-month follow-up studies. Results showed the effectiveness of the simplified virtual reality exposure for the treatment of thunder phobia. This finding is discussed with respect to the presence in the virtual environment.View full abstractDownload PDF (997K)
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