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Self-Efficacy Beliefs Are Associated with Visual Height Intolerance: A Cross-Sectional Survey

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  • Eva Grill
  • Florian Schäffler
  • Doreen Huppert
  • Martin Müller
  • Hans-Peter Kapfhammer
  • Thomas Brandt

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Background: Responses to height may range from indifference to minor distress to severe symptoms of fear of heights (acrophobia); visual height intolerance (vHI) denotes the whole spectrum of symptoms. Although there are options to manage vHI, only a small part of persons affected by vHI are willing to seek professional help or confront their problem. Purpose of this study was to determine if persons with vHI, specifically those who show avoidant behavior towards heights (avoiders), score lower in their general self-efficacy (GSE) than those who confront vHI (confronters). Method: Cross-sectional survey in 607 individuals living in the urban region of Munich, Germany, using a mailed questionnaire on presence or absence of vHI, confronting or avoiding behaviour, and GSE. Results: Of all participants (mean age 53.9, 50.3% female), 407 reported life-time presence of vHI. Participants with vHI had a mean GSE score of 31.8 (SD 4.3) points (participants without vHI: 32.5, SD 4.3, p = 0.008 for difference). Among individuals with vHI, 23% reported confronting behavior. Confronters were significantly younger (p

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  • Eva Grill & Florian Schäffler & Doreen Huppert & Martin Müller & Hans-Peter Kapfhammer & Thomas Brandt, 2014. "Self-Efficacy Beliefs Are Associated with Visual Height Intolerance: A Cross-Sectional Survey," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(12), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0116220
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116220
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