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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Ther. 2020 Jul 21;52(3):523–538. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2020.07.004

Table 2.

Exposure- and Patient Level Descriptive Statistics

Exposure-Level (N = 459) Patient-Level (N = 86)
Low Feara Moderate Fearb High Fearc Overall Overall
Exposure Duration (minutes) M (SD) % presentd M (SD) % presentd M (SD) % presentd M (SD) % present M (SD) % presente
 Total Duration 4.6 (4.8) 95.9 4.8 (5.9) 74.1 0.7 (2.9) 13.5 10.1 -- 82.7 (54.5) --
 Duration excl. after habituationf 3.9 (4.5) 94.8 3.6 (5.1) 73.6 0.6 (2.8) 12.2 8.1 -- 63.2 (43.1) --
Therapist Behaviors (percent time)g
 Encourage Approach 22.1 (21.6) 94.3 30.0 (24.7) 94.675 22.2 (23.4) 87.5 23.1 (14.9) 97.6 24.9 (15.0) 100.0
 Intensify 3.3 (7.2) 43.0 3.9 (8.6) 46.5 2.67 (13.5) 25.0 3.2 (5.8) 59.9 3.0 (3.6) 90.8
 Discourage Accommodation > 0.1 (0.3) 0.9 < 0.1 (0.2) 2.1 < 0.1 (0.1) 1.8 < 0.1 (0.3) 2.6 < 0.1 (0.1) 11.5
 Exposure Teaching 1.6 (4.9) 20.7 3.27 (8.5) 34.0 1.7 (3.5) 33.9 2.9 (4.9) 42.5 3.0 (4.5) 75.9
 Externalizing 2.2 (8.6) 32.2 2.7 (5.16) 45.3 3.4 (3.0) 44.6 3.0 (6.7) 54.3 3.3 (5.7) 82.8
 Change Thoughts 0.4 (2.3) 6.9 2.7 (9.6) 20.7 1.2 (4.4) 19.6 1.4 (4.7) 21.4 2.1 (6.0) 50.6
 Accommodation 0.6 (2.8) 17.5 1.7 (3.8) 35.5 3.2 (6.3) 53.6 1.2 (2.7) 40.5 1.5 (2.7) 79.3
 Unrelated Talk 2.7 (8.7) 18.9 3.5 (11.6) 25.2 2.0 (5.8) 23.2 3.6 (9.1) 31.4 3.6 (7.5) 60.9
 Relaxation < 0.1 (0.4) 1.2 < 0.1 (0.2) 1.2 < 0.1 (0.1) 1.8 < 0.1 (0.1) 1.7 < 0.1 (0.3) 5.8
a

fear 0–1 out of 5;

b

fear 2–3 out of 5;

c

fear 4–5 out of 5;

d

percent exposures in which variable was observed;

e

percent patients in which variable was observed,

f

duration of exposure excluding any time that occurred after an instance of habituation;

g

percent time behavior was observed (of total time at fear level or overall)