Introduction to the Special Issue on Homework in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: New Clinical Psychological Science
This article introduces the Special Issue inCognitive Therapy and Research that presents advances in clinical psychological science for homework in behavior and cognitive behavioral therapies (CBTs). Studies include sophisticated evaluations of homework adherence, moving beyond simplistic assessments of quantity and quality of completion to more complete assessments of engagement (i.e., perceived difficulty, obstacles, and helpfulness). Studies advance the clinical psychological science by examining therapist behavior as a predictor of homework adherence, by testing homework as a vehicle for specific treatment processes in...
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - February 18, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Reliability and Validity of Response-Based Measures of Attention Bias
ConclusionsFindings indicate that response-based AB scores from the dot-probe task have better psychometric properties than traditional scores. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - February 17, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Towards a Reformulated Theory Underlying Schema Therapy: Position Paper of an International Workgroup
ConclusionsWith this project, we hope to contribute to the further development of ST and its application across the world. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - February 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Looming Cognitive Style More Consistently Predicts Anxiety than Depressive Symptoms: Evidence from a 3-Wave Yearlong Study
ConclusionsThe LCS predicts anxiety and may do so more consistently than depression, at least in time windows of 6 months of less. The findings are discussed in terms of the potential importance of dynamic threat parameters to anxiety that are not captured by other current putative vulnerability factors. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - February 8, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Metacognitions and Obsessive Beliefs in Obsessive –Compulsive Disorder: A Study of Within- and Between-Person Effects on Long-Term Outcome
ConclusionsThe results indicate that decreases in metacognitive beliefs during OCD treatment can also have important long-term consequences. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - February 4, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
What ’s in a Face? Amygdalar Sensitivity to an Emotional Threatening Faces Task and Transdiagnostic Internalizing Disorder Symptoms in Participants Receiving Attention Bias Modification Training
ConclusionsABM may lead to greater improvement in depressive symptoms in individuals exhibiting blunted baseline amygdalar responses to the EMF task, potentially by enhancing neural-level discrimination between negative and unambiguously neutral stimuli. Convergently, longitudinal increases in amygdala reactivity from pre-to-post-ABM may be associated with greater improvement in depression, possibly secondary to improved neural discrimination of threat and/or decreased neurophysiological threat avoidance in these specific patients. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - January 23, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Examining the associations between interpersonal emotion regulation and psychosocial adjustment in emerging adulthood
ConclusionsThe findings contribute to research by examining IER in emerging adulthood and broadening our understanding of the IER strategies that are important for psychosocial adjustment. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - January 23, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Positive and Negative Emotion Regulation in College Athletes: A Preliminary Exploration of Daily Savoring, Acceptance, and Cognitive Reappraisal
ConclusionsSavoring positive events may be an underappreciated strategy for helping athletes regulate emotions related to negative events. Since our sample predominantly identified as white and female, further research is needed to understand savoring use and effectiveness among the full, diverse spectrum of college athletes. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - January 22, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Can Gender Differences in Distress Due to Difficult Voices Be Explained by Differences in Relating?
ConclusionGender differences in the emotional impact of voices can be partially explained by relating behavior. Psychological interventions for voice hearing could be optimized by exploring the influence of gender in the emergence of distressing voices. Nevertheless, gender differences need to be treated as one of several different possible mechanisms when working with individual patients. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - January 22, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Predicting and Moderating the Response to the Unified Protocol: Do Baseline Personality and Affective Profiles Matter?
ConclusionThe study results support the short-medium term utility of the UP to address all study outcomes. Moreover, personalizing interventions according to baseline personality/affect might be a sensible strategy to enhance the UP effectiveness. Trial registration number NCT03064477 (March 10, 2017). (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - January 21, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Anxiety Sensitivity Moderates the Impact of COVID-19 Perceived Stress on Anxiety and Functional Impairment
ConclusionsThe current study provides support for the role of anxiety sensitivity in identifying individuals at risk for clinically significant global anxiety symptom severity and anxious arousal symptom severity. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - January 21, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Personality Disorders and Their Relation to Treatment Outcomes in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
ConclusionsThe apparent effect of PD on depression outcomes is likely explained by higher intake severity rather than treatment resistance. Excluding these patients from evidence-based care for depression is unjustified, and adequately lengthy CBT should be routinely offered. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - January 20, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Are Changes in Beliefs About Rumination and in Emotion Regulation Skills Mediators of the Effects of Internet-Delivered Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety? Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
ConclusionsThese results align with findings from face-to-face therapy and add to the scarce literature on mediators of effects of iCBT, contributing to the understanding of how these interventions operate. Since mediator and outcome variables were measured at the same time, partial mediation results should be interpreted with caution since the study design did not account for temporality and therefore causality effects cannot be confirmed.Trial RegistrationISRCTN91967124. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - January 18, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Heightened Sense of Incompleteness in Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder
ConclusionsThe results indicate a robust association between SPD and trait incompleteness. More research is needed to establish whether trait incompleteness may represent a vulnerability factor underlying SPD, or if skin picking leads to susceptibility to trait incompleteness. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - January 8, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Inhibitory Control Moderates the Effect of Anxiety on Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability: Findings from a Community Sample of Young School-Aged Children
ConclusionsThe results could indicate that anxious children with enhanced inhibitory control successfully utilized a cognitive avoidance strategy (i.e. verbal worry) to inhibit expected autonomic arousal in response to threat. Clinical implications are discussed. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - January 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
