Using paired samples t tests analyses, we examined the impact of a four-session cognitive–behavioral intervention to assess adolescents’ ratings of symptom management and functional disability of Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD). Participants included 36 children and adolescents (M = 14.80, SD = 2.08) and their parents referred by their pulmonologists to a pediatric behavioral medicine clinic for symptom management of vocal cord dysfunction. Results demonstrated significant reduction in VCD specific symptoms and VCD symptom severity, as well as significant improvement in participants’ perceptions of self-directed control and coping with VCD related symptoms. Results also indicated significant improvement in child/adolescent-reported functional disability scores postintervention. Our results suggest that cognitive–behavioral intervention is associated with symptom-specific reduction as well as improvement in individual control and coping ability related to symptoms.
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