Table 2.
Overview of assessments in chronological order arranged according to the type of measurement
| Assessment | Baseline | MRI | VRET | Post‐treatment | Follow‐up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical | |||||
| SCID | X | X | |||
| CGI | X | X | X | ||
| SPQ | X | X | X | ||
| Fragebogen Ekel und Angst vor Spinnen (FEAS)a | X | X | X | ||
| State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI‐Trait) | X | X | X | ||
| Beck Depression Inventory‐II (BDI‐II) | X | X | X | ||
| Behavioral | |||||
| BAT | X | X | X | ||
| Neurobiological | |||||
| Blood sampling | X | X | X | ||
| EDA | X | X | X | ||
| (f)MRI | X | ||||
| Additional psychological characteristics | |||||
| Igroup Presence Questionnaire (IPQ) | X | ||||
| Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI) | X | X | X | ||
| General Self‐Efficacy Scale (GSE) | X | X | X | ||
| PROMIS Scales for DSM‐5 (anxiety) | X | X | X | ||
| Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale(UI‐18) | X | X | X | ||
| Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) | X | ||||
| List of threatening Experiences (LTE) | X | ||||
| Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) | X | ||||
| Allgemeine Depressionsskala (ADS‐K)b | X | ||||
| Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire (ACQ) | X | ||||
| Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) | X | ||||
| Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI) | X | ||||
| Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS‐Trait) | X | ||||
| Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) | X | ||||
| Life Calendar | X | ||||
| Kurzer Fragebogen zu Belastungen (KFB)c | X | ||||
| Brief COPE | X | ||||
| Fragebogen zur Angst vor Spinnen (FAS)d | X | ||||
| Behavioral inhibition system–behavioral activation system (BIS‐BAS) | X | ||||
| Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress (TICS) | X | ||||
| Stressverarbeitungsfragebogen (SVF‐78)e | X | ||||
| Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) | X | ||||
| Social Desirability Scale (SDS‐CM) | X | ||||
| Temperamentskala (TEMPS‐A)f | X | ||||
| Social Support Appraisals Scale (SS‐A) | X | ||||
| Berliner Social Support Skalen (BSSS)g | X | ||||
IPQ (Schubert, Friedmann, & Regenbrecht, 2001), ASI (Alpers & Pauli, 2001), BDI‐II (Hautzinger, Keller, & Kühner, 2006), GSE (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1999), PROMIS (Wahl, Löwe, & Rose, 2011), STAI (Laux, 1981), UI‐18 (Gerlach, Andor, & Patzelt, 2008), BAI (Margraf & Ehlers, 2007), LTE (Brugha & Cragg, 1990), LSAS (Stangier & Heidenreich, 2004), ADS (Hautzinger, Bailer, Hofmeister, & Keller, 2012), ACQ (Ehlers, Margraf, & Chambless, 2001), PSWQ (Stöber, 1998), SPAI (Fydrich, 2002), PANAS (Krohne, Egloff, Kohlmann, & Tausch, 1996), CTQ (Wingenfeld et al., 2010), Life calendar (Canli et al., 2006), KFB (Flor, 1991), COPE (Knoll, Rieckmann, & Schwarzer, 2005), FAS (Rinck et al., 2002), FEAS (Schaller, Gerdes, & Alpers, 2006), BIS‐BAS (Strobel, Beauducel, & Debener, 2001), TICS (Schulz, Schlotz, & Becker, 2004), SVF‐78 (Janke, 2002), CERQ (Loch, Hiller, & Witthöft, 2011), SDS‐CM (Luck & Timaeus, 1969), TEMPS‐A (Akiskal, Brieger, Mundt, Angst, & Marneros, 2002), SS‐A (Laireiter, 1996), BSSS (Schwarzer & Schulz, 2003).
“Questionnaire on Disgust and Fear of Spiders”.
German version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES‐D‐scale, NIMH).
“Brief questionnaire about stresses and strains”.
German version of Fear of Spiders Questionnaire (FSQ, Szymanski & O'Donohue, 1995).
“Coping with Stress Inventory”.
German version of the “Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego Autoquestionnaire”.
“Berlin Social Support Scales”.