Table 1.
Clinical and experience related measures taken during past ARET studies.
| Clinical measures | Experience related measures | |
|---|---|---|
| Botella et al. (2005) | Behavior avoidance test (BAT) (adapted from Öst et al., 1991b) | Presence (two questions relating to presence) |
| Degree of belief in catastrophic thought (assessed daily on scale from 0 to 100%) | Reality judgment (one question related to reality judgment) | |
| Fear and avoidance scales (adapted from Marks and Mathews, 1979) | ||
| Fear of spiders questionnaire (FSQ) (Szymanski and O’Donohue, 1995) | ||
| Spider phobia beliefs questionnaire (SPBQ) (adapted from Arntz et al., 1993) | ||
| Subjective units of discomfort scale (SUDS) (Wolpe, 1969) | ||
| Juan et al. (2005) | Fear and avoidance scale (adapted from Marks and Mathews, 1979) | Presence (two questions relating to presence) |
| Subjective units of discomfort scale (SUDS) (Wolpe, 1969) | Reality judgment (one question related to reality judgment) | |
| Botella et al. (2010) | Behavior avoidance test (BAT) (adapted from Öst et al., 1991b) | N/A |
| Degree of belief in catastrophic thought (assessed on a 10-point Likert scale) | ||
| Fear of spiders questionnaire (FSQ) (Szymanski and O’Donohue, 1995) | ||
| Spider phobia beliefs questionnaire (SPBQ) (adapted from Arntz et al., 1993) | ||
| Subjective units of discomfort scale (SUDS) (Wolpe, 1969) | ||
| Target behaviors (adapted from Marks and Mathews, 1979) | ||
| Bretón-López et al. (2010) | Subjective units of discomfort scale (SUDS) (Wolpe, 1969) | Presence (two items from presence and reality judgment questionnaire; Baños et al., 2005) |
| Reality judgment (assessed on a 10-point scale) | ||
| Wrzesien et al. (2011a) | Anxiety (assessed on a 10-point Likert scale) | N/A |
| Avoidance (assessed on a 10-point Likert scale) | ||
| Behavioral avoidance test (assessed on a 13-point Likert scale) | ||
| Belief in catastrophic thoughts (assessed on a 10-point Likert scale) | ||
| Wrzesien et al. (2011b) | Anxiety (assessed on a 10-point Likert scale) | N/A |
| Avoidance (assessed on a 10-point Likert scale) | ||
| Behavioral avoidance test (BAT) (adapted from Öst, 2000) | ||
| Belief in catastrophic thoughts (assessed on a 10-point Likert scale) | ||
| Wrzesien et al. (2013) | Self efficacy belief (assessed on a seven-point scale) | Presence and reality judgment questionnaire (assessed on 10-point scales) |
| Spiders and cockroach anxiety and avoidance questionnaire (assessed on a seven-point scale) | ||
| Subjective units of discomfort scale (SUDS) (assessed on a 10-point scale) |