Abstract
The responses to internal self-regulated and external modes of presentation of phobic and nonphobic stimuli were compared. Thirty-six phobic subjects were assigned to three groups. All subjects experienced a 10-sec presentation of a stimulus, followed by a 10-sec interval in which the subject formed an image to the preceding stimulus. Self-regulated internally elicited phobic thoughts produce as much and, at times, greater subjective anxiety, fear, and physiological activity than similar thoughts triggered externally by pictures or verbal statements about phobic objects. These findings are relevant to current psychological treatment approaches, such as behavior therapy, rational emotive therapy, self-regulation, and biofeedback procedures.
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