The Effects of Implementation Intentions on Responses to Needle Images in those with High Needle Fear
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ohiou14268612132021-08-03T06:29:18Z The Effects of Implementation Intentions on Responses to Needle Images in those with High Needle Fear Ankawi, Brett Psychology needle needle fear implementation intentions coping injection vaccination blood draw fear Needle fear affects many aspects of medical care, yet there are currently no reliably effective interventions to address this prevalent fear. Effective treatments must be able to reduce fear reactions while also being quick to implement. A simple-to-use intervention that has had success in reducing fear reactions is implementation intentions, a coping strategy utilizing if-then statements to create plans towards goal achievement. The present study investigated whether an implementation intention strategy could reduce fear reactions when exposed to pictures of needles. This was accomplished by randomizing fearful participants to one of four interventions: a response-focused implementation intention (n = 20), an antecedent-focused implementation intention (n = 21), a goal intention (n = 19), and a control (n = 17). An additional control group included participants with low needle fear (n = 25). Results of a one-way ANOVA revealed that participants in the implementation intention groups reported marginally smaller fear reactions when compared to high-fear control participants (p = 0.06), although this was inconsistent with physiological findings. Participants in the goal intention group reported fear reactions similar to those in the implementation intention groups, suggesting that simple goal setting may be driving the relative success of the intervention. Further research should include more challenging needle stimuli (i.e., actual needles or injections) to further test implementation intentions as a coping strategy. 2015-08-24 English text Ohio University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1426861213 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1426861213 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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The Effects of Implementation Intentions on Responses to Needle Images in those with High Needle Fear |
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