EFT Research & Evidence Base 3

Question 1

Which standardized scale is most frequently used in EFT phobia and anxiety research to measure fear intensity?

Accepted Answer

Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDS)

Answer

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

Answer

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A)

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State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)

Question 2

A randomized controlled trial by Stapleton et al. (2016) demonstrated EFT's effectiveness for which condition related to eating behavior?

Accepted Answer

Food cravings and emotional eating

Answer

Binge eating disorder

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Anorexia nervosa

Answer

Orthorexia

Question 3

What does the EFT 'Gold Standard' research protocol require to distinguish EFT from confounding variables?

Accepted Answer

Blinded raters, manualized EFT, and an active control group

Answer

Self-report only with large sample sizes

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Neuroimaging confirmation and biomarker testing

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Minimum of 10 EFT sessions per participant

Question 4

In gene expression studies on EFT (Church et al., 2012), which category of genes showed measurable upregulation after treatment?

Accepted Answer

Genes related to inflammation and immune response

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Genes regulating metabolism and appetite

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Tumor suppressor genes

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Genes linked to memory consolidation

Question 5

How does EFT research typically address the placebo concern that practitioner attention alone drives improvement?

Accepted Answer

By including an active control group receiving equivalent attention without tapping

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By using self-administered EFT conditions with no practitioner present

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By excluding all practitioner contact from study designs

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By restricting studies to online delivery only

Question 6

Which psychological disorder was the focus of the first Cochrane-style systematic review of EFT, published in 2019 by Clond?

Accepted Answer

Anxiety disorders

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Major depressive disorder

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Phobias

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PTSD

Question 7

What does a large effect size (Cohen's d > 0.8) indicate in EFT outcome research?

Accepted Answer

EFT produced a substantial, clinically meaningful change relative to the comparison condition

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The study had a large sample size

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Results were statistically significant but not clinically relevant

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The control group also improved significantly