Utilisation and predictors of use of exposure therapy in the treatment of anxiety, OCD and PTSD in an Australian sample: a preliminary investigation

Table 2 Use of treatment techniques by Australian psychologists for the anxiety disorders, OCD and PTSD (often and very often use), results of the 5-point Likert scale and (M, SD) and differences in use across techniques

Intervention	Anxiety (%) (n = 97)	OCD (%) (n = 72)	PTSD (%) (n = 68)	Anxiety M (SD)	OCD M (SD)	PTSD M (SD)	Wilk’s Ʌ	p value
Exposure
Self-directed in-vivo exposure	58.8	65.3	44.1	3.48 (1.31)	3.78 (1.42)	3.00 (1.51)	.97	.37
Therapist assisted in-vivo exposure	42.3	55.6	27.9	2.87 (1.41)	3.46 (1.49)	2.54 (1.43)	.99	.83
ERP	40.2	83.3	19.1	3.02 (1.38)	4.36 (1.14)	2.15 (1.37)	.35	.00
Imaginal exposure	36.1	48.6	47.1	2.83 (1.32)	3.13 (1.40)	3.29 (1.46)	.69	.00
Interoceptive exposure	26.8	18.1	19.1	2.37 (1.36)	2.18 (1.23)	2.13 (1.29)	1.00	1.00
CBT (non-exposure)
Cognitive restructuring	72.2	50	60.3	3.93 (1.14)	3.33 (1.31)	3.63 (1.19)	.93	.07
Elimination of avoidance and safety behaviours	69.1	76.4	57.4	3.99 (1.08)	4.08 (1.33)	3.38 (1.37)	.85	.00
Breathing retraining	45.4	31.9	47.1	3/09 (1.41)	2.56 (1.55)	3.13 (1.54)	.94	.14
Progressive muscle relaxation	33	16.7	38.2	2.68 (1.21)	2 (1.29)	2.71 (1.40)	.98	.50
Other
Mindfulness	41.2	23.6	41.2	3.01 (1.36)	2.43 (1.32)	3.03 (1.32)	.93	.08
Motivational interviewing	24.7	25	16.2	2.58 (1.24)	2.38 (1.36)	2.15 (1.21)	.89	.02
Acceptance and commitment therapy	21.6	22.2	16.2	2.31 (1.29)	2.18 (1.33)	2.09 (1.22)	.99	.82
Other	19.6	18.1	20.6	1.83 (1.49)	1.73 (1.41)	1.81 (1.47)	.96	.26
Meditation	14.4	11.1	10.3	2.04 (1.17)	1.73 (1.11)	1.88 (1.15)	.99	.32
Dialectical behavior therapy	10.3	0	14.7	1.86 (1.09)	1.39 (0.66)	1.96 (1.25)	.91	.05
Psychodynamic psychotherapy	8.2	4.2	10.3	1.55 (1.04)	1.26 (0.75)	1.51 (1.07)	.93	.08
EMDR	6.2	4.2	14.7	1.38 (1.41)	1.25 (0.76)	1.69 (1.28)	.83	.00
Hypnosis	1.0	4.2	1.5	1.07 (0.36)	1.17 (0.69)	1.15 (1.37)	.99	.32

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