capafons

Question 1

what were capafons aims?

Answer 1

• to see if S.D was a successful treatment for a phobia of flying.

Question 2

who were capafons participants?

Answer 2

• 20 patients
• 21 in the control group
• recruited via a self selected media campaign

Question 3

what were capafons pretesting measures?

Answer 3

• personal interview
• fear of flying scale
• video of a plain shown to participants with measures of heart rate and temperature measured simultaneously
• fear scales of seeing a flight, being on one etc

Question 4

what was capafons treatment method?

Answer 4

• two hour sessions a week for eight weeks
• taught relaxation techniques such as breathing controls
• in vivo and vitro methods were used

Question 5

what were capafons results?

Answer 5

• 90% of participants showed significant results
• treatment of S.D worked well for treating a phobia of flying

Question 6

what are capafons strengths?

Answer 6

• high reliability due to standardised procedure
• high validity due to baseline measures being taken making it credible
• high ethics as it was a self selected sample

Question 7

what are capafons weaknesses?

Answer 7

• low generalisability as only phobias of flights were tested
• low applications as 10% didn’t have any reduction
• low ecological validity as the test was conducted in a small university