The study investigates how exposure therapy in different contexts (multiple-context) and with various stimuli (multiple-stimulus) affects fear reduction in individuals with snake phobia.
Participants were randomly assigned to three groups: exposure to a single snake in various settings, multiple snakes in one setting, or multiple snakes in various settings, and their responses were examined through measures of threat expectancy, anxiety, and attention bias.
Results showed overall reductions in fear but highlighted that the multiple-context approach led to lower threat expectancy after a week, suggesting it may be more effective in certain aspects of fear reduction.