Processes Contributing to the Maintenance of Flying Phobia: A Narrative Review

Title
Processes Contributing to the Maintenance of Flying Phobia: A Narrative Review
Publication Date
2016-06-01
Author(s)
Clark, Gavin I
Rock, Adam J
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1430-3745
Email: arock@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:arock
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Frontiers Research Foundation
Place of publication
Switzerland
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00754
UNE publication id
une:19369
Abstract

Flying phobia is a highly prevalent anxiety disorder, which causes sufferers significant distress and life interference. The processes which maintain flying phobia remain poorly understood. A systematic search of the literature was performed to identify what research has been conducted into the processes which may be involved in the fear of flying and whether processes which are believed to maintain other anxiety disorder diagnoses have been investigated in flying phobia. The results of the literature review are presented and related to existing cognitive behavioral theory and research. The results indicate that little research has been conducted into a number of areas considered important in the wider cognitive behavioral literature on anxiety disorders: namely attention, mental imagery, memory, worry, and safety-seeking behaviors. The review proposes a hypothetical model, derived from cognitive behavioral theory, for the processes which may be involved in maintaining flying phobia, and considers a number of areas for future research.

Link
Citation
Frontiers in Psychology, v.7, p. 1-21
ISSN
1664-1078
Start page
1
End page
21
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International

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