Strategies intended to recognise, tolerate or regulate anxiety, including coping routines, relaxation and breathing exercises. These should be distinguished from targeted tests of threat predictions. Whether a technique supports approach or becomes a perceived safety requirement depends on its use, and efficacy of a CBT package does not isolate the technique's effect.[ref]
A meta-analysis to guide the enhancement of CBT for childhood anxiety: exposure over anxiety management by Stephen P. H. Whiteside and others. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 23, 102–121; 75 studies, 111 CBT conditions and component meta-regressions
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