Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2016
Group CBT versus MBSR for social anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02036658 (fMRI of Emotion Regulation During RCT of CBT vs. MBSR for Social Anxiety Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 47 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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fMRI of Emotion Regulation During RCT of CBT vs. MBSR for Social Anxiety Disorder
Who cites it
47 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Comparative effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for social anxiety disorder in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of acceptance- and mindfulness-based interventions for DSM-5 anxiety disorders.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- Differential sensitivity of mindfulness questionnaires to change with treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological assessment · 2019Pooled it
- The Effect of a Yoga-Based Stress Management Program on Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Psychological Well-Being in Adolescents: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of adolescence · 2026Trial
- Autonomic indices of negative emotion regulation predict treatment response in opioid-treated chronic low back pain.The journal of pain · 2026Trial
- Prescriptive Predictors of Mindfulness Ecological Momentary Intervention for Social Anxiety Disorder: Machine Learning Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial Data.JMIR mental health · 2025Trial
- Impact of cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction in mitigating test anxiety and enhancing academic achievement among vocational education students at Nigerian universities.BMC medical education · 2025Trial
- Low-intensity mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety: a pilot randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2024Trial
- A Longitudinal RCT of P-ESDM With and Without Parental Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction: Impact on Child Outcomes.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Trial
- Reductions in social anxiety during treatment predict lower levels of loneliness during follow-up among individuals with social anxiety disorder.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2021Trial
- Do sudden gains predict treatment outcome in social anxiety disorder? Findings from two randomized controlled trials.Behaviour research and therapy · 2019Trial
- Sleep quality and treatment of social anxiety disorder.Anxiety, stress, and coping · 2019Trial
- Pharmacotherapy for social anxiety disorder: Interpersonal predictors of outcome and the mediating role of the working alliance.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2017Trial
- Mechanisms underlying mindfulness-based addiction treatment versus cognitive behavioral therapy and usual care for smoking cessation.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2017Trial
- Trajectories of social anxiety, cognitive reappraisal, and mindfulness during an RCT of CBGT versus MBSR for social anxiety disorder.Behaviour research and therapy · 2017Trial
- Self-views in social anxiety disorder: The impact of CBT versus MBSR.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2017Trial
- High-intensity mindfulness and cognitive behavioral group therapy for social anxiety disorder: Preliminary efficacy.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Article
- Are Virtual Forests Just for Relaxation, or Can They Enhance the Benefits of Therapy?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The role of self-stigma in mediating the association between externalizing and treatment-seeking intention.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Beyond Pharmacology: A Narrative Review of Alternative Therapies for Anxiety Disorders.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe goal of this study was to investigate treatment outcome and mediators of cognitive-behavioral group therapy (CBGT) versus mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) versus waitlist (WL) in patients with generalized social anxiety disorder (SAD).
methodOne hundred eight unmedicated patients (55.6% female; mean age = 32.7 years, SD = 8.0; 43.5% Caucasian, 39% Asian, 9.3% Hispanic, 8.3% other) were randomized to CBGT versus MBSR versus WL and completed assessments at baseline, posttreatment/WL, and at 1-year follow-up, including the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale-Self-Report (primary outcome; Liebowitz, 1987) as well as measures of treatment-related processes.
resultsLinear mixed model analysis showed that CBGT and MBSR both produced greater improvements on most measures compared with WL. Both treatments yielded similar improvements in social anxiety symptoms, cognitive reappraisal frequency and self-efficacy, cognitive distortions, mindfulness skills, attention focusing, and rumination. There were greater decreases in subtle avoidance behaviors following CBGT than MBSR. Mediation analyses revealed that increases in reappraisal frequency, mindfulness skills, attention focusing, and attention shifting, and decreases in subtle avoidance behaviors and cognitive distortions, mediated the impact of both CBGT and MBSR on social anxiety symptoms. However, increases in reappraisal self-efficacy and decreases in avoidance behaviors mediated the impact of CBGT (vs. MBSR) on social anxiety symptoms.
conclusionsCBGT and MBSR both appear to be efficacious for SAD. However, their effects may be a result of both shared and unique changes in underlying psychological processes.
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