Pre-treatment social anxiety severity moderates the impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction and aerobic exercise.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to determine whether pre-treatment social anxiety severity moderates the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) compared to aerobic exercise (AE) for generalized social anxiety disorder.
Results Summary
Both MBSR and AE produced equivalent reductions in weekly social anxiety symptoms, with MBSR being more effective for lower pre-treatment severity and AE more effective for higher pre-treatment severity. Pre-treatment social anxiety severity was found to moderate treatment outcomes.
Population
Individuals with generalized social anxiety disorder.
Effective Dosage
Not specified
Duration
Not specified
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | decrease | weekly social anxiety symptoms | patients with generalized social anxiety disorder | - | produced reductions | #1 |
aerobic exercise (AE) | decrease | weekly social anxiety symptoms | patients with generalized social anxiety disorder | - | produced reductions | #2 |
mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) | decrease | social anxiety symptom severity | patients with lower pre-treatment social anxiety symptom severity | - | appears to be most effective | #3 |
aerobic exercise (AE) | decrease | social anxiety symptom severity | patients with higher pre-treatment social anxiety symptom severity | - | appears to be most effective | #4 |
UNLABELLED: We examined whether social anxiety severity at pre-treatment would moderate the impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) or aerobic exercise (AE) for generalized social anxiety disorder. MBSR and AE produced equivalent reductions in weekly social anxiety symptoms. Improvements were moderated by pre-treatment social anxiety severity. PRACTITIONER POINTS: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and aerobic exercise (AE) are effective in reducing symptoms of social anxiety. Pre-treatment social anxiety severity can be used to inform treatment recommendations. Both MBSR and AE produced equivalent reductions in weekly levels of social anxiety symptoms. MBSR appears to be most effective for patients with lower pre-treatment social anxiety symptom severity. AE appears to be most effective for patients with higher pre-treatment social anxiety symptom severity.