Comparison of the Effectiveness of Three Interventions for Specific Phobia in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Authors : Emre Dönmez, Halime Şenay Güzel

Pages : 773-787

Doi:10.18863/pgy.1561033

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Publication Date : 2025-12-30

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :This study aims to review evidence-based treatment approaches with cognitive, behavioral, and cognitive-behavioral dimensions for the treatment of specific phobia in childhood and adolescence. The databases Google Scholar, PubMed Central, Scopus and Web of Science were searched using the terms \\\"treatment\\\", \\\"adolescent\\\", \\\"child\\\", \\\"children\\\", \\\"phobia”. Articles containing at least two of the relevant terms in their titles were selected, and after applying the exclusion criteria, a total of 14 articles were included in the review. One-Session Treatment (OST), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movements Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) are the treatment methods examined in this study. According to the results of the study in which cognitive-behavioral and behavioral techniques were used, it was observed that all three of OST, CBT and EMDR were significantly effective, and OST played the dominant role when the ease of use and advantages were taken into consideration. In this study, it was observed that in-vivo exposures were used and virtual-reality exposures did not occupy a large place.
Keywords : çocuk ergen, özgül fobi, Tek Seanslık Tedavi, Bilişsel Davranışçı Terapi, Göz Hareketleri ile Duyarsızlaştırma ve Yeniden İşleme

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