文档介绍：Acceptance mitment Therapy for Generalized Social Anxiety Disorder: A
Pilot Study
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty
Of
Drexel University
by
Kristy L. Dalrymple
in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree
of
Doctor of Philosophy
September 2005
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank my dissertation chair and graduate advisor, Dr. James Herbert, for
his invaluable guidance and support during this study and my graduate career. I am
particularly indebted to my colleagues who assisted in data collection and served as
therapists for this study: Elizabeth Nolan, LeeAnn Cardaciotto, Meagan Parmley, Heather
Murray, Angela Gorman, Peter Yeomans, and Ethan Moitra. mittee members
were extremely helpful during the course of this study: Dr. Lamia Barakat, Dr. Evan
Forman, Dr. Martin Franklin, and Dr. Pamela Geller. I would also like to thank Dr.
Brandon Gaudiano for his helpful feedback and constant support throughout the course of
this study. I would like to acknowledge those whose work formed the basis for this
study: Dr. Steven Hayes, Dr. Kirk Strosahl, and Dr. Kelly Wilson, who developed
Acceptance mitment Therapy (ACT); and Dr. Jennifer Block-Lerner and Dr.
Edelgard Wulfert, who first investigated the efficacy of ACT for Social Anxiety
Disorder. Finally, I am truly grateful for my family and friends, who provided unyielding
support and helped to make this project possible.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES……………………………………………………………………….vii
LIST OF FIGURES……………………………………………………………………..viii
ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………………...ix
1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………….........1
. Cognitive Behavior Therapies for SAD………………………………………….2
. Pharmacotherapy…………………………………………………………………4
. Combined Pharmacotherapy and CBT…………………………………………...6
. Acceptance mitment Therapy……………………………………..........9
. Empirical Evidence for ACT……………………………………………………16
. Efficacy