Predicting treatment preferences for agoraphobia

Fifty-one university students completed two questionnaires: (1) The Millon Behavioral Health Inventory (MBHI) and (2) a questionnaire evaluating Ss' ratings of acceptability and effectiveness of five treatments for agoraphobia (Norton, Allen and Hilton, 1983a). The results showed that the Ss rated the three psychological treatments as more effective and acceptable than the two drug treatments. A discriminant function analysis, using the coping style measures of the MBHI and the Ss' ratings of acceptability and effectiveness of tranquilizers as predictor variables, correctly classified 78% of the Ss as to which psychological treatment they rated as more acceptable and effective for agoraphobia.