Development and Validation of the Bullied Cognitions Inventory (BCI)
ConclusionsThe Bullied Cognitions Inventory (BCI) is a valid and reliable tool for measuring cognitions related to bullying. It may be useful in therapy for identifying and monitoring unhelpful cognitions in those who were bullied. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - September 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Emotional Dysregulation in Skin Picking Disorder
ConclusionsFindings suggest that emotional dysregulation, poor coping skills, and impulsiveness are common in SPD. Moreover, these problems may contribute to worse clinical outcomes. Therapeutic strategies that promote the development of distress tolerance and coping skills, such as dialectical behavioral therapy, may be an avenue for achieving better clinical outcomes for adults with SPD. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - September 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Moderating Role of Age Beliefs on the Relationships Between Physical Symptoms, Depression, and Irritability in Menopausal Women
ConclusionsThese results indicate that positive age beliefs play a protective role in distressing menopause experiences. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - August 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Pulling Sites in Trichotillomania: Exploring Differences in Characteristics, Phenomenology, and Contextual Variables
DiscussionThese results reflect considerable variability in the phenomenology of trichotillomania across pulling sites and contribute to the overall understanding of trichotillomania. A clearer picture of contextual cues and clinical characteristics for different hair pulling sites has treatment implications. Clinical applications and future research directions are discussed. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - August 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Changes in Perspective-Taking During Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in a Partial Hospital Setting
ConclusionsThese findings provide preliminary evidence to suggest that CBT may promote perspective-taking. Future research is needed to determine whether changes in perspective-taking are causally related to CBT, and if so, whether perspective-taking is a mechanism of change in psychotherapy. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - August 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Moderators and Preliminary Processes of Change in a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Fully Automated, Website Delivering AEBT for Adults with Trichotillomania
ConclusionThis study highlights how baseline trichotillomania specific psychological flexibility and anxiety impact changes in symptom severity and the function in a website delivered AEBT for adults with trichotillomania. Additionally, it provides preliminary support of the role of trichotillomania-specific psychological flexibility as a process of change in treatment of trichotillomania. Implications are discussed. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - August 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Compassion Questionnaires: Scales Development and Validation
Conclusions.The CQS and CQO are the first questionnaires that operationalize compassion towards self and others as sets of affective, cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal skills/abilities that are independent from mindfulness, and they have important theoretical and practical implications. Limitations as well as theoretical and practical implications of the CQS and CQO are thoroughly discussed. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - August 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Effects of Cognitive Bias Modification on Hostile Interpretation Bias and Aggressive Behavior: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
ConclusionThere currently is insufficient evidence to use CBM-I as a treatment component to reduce aggressive behavior. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - August 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Avoidant Automatic Thoughts are Associated with Task Avoidance and Inattention in the Moment
ConclusionsThis study introduces AAT as a construct with potential research and clinical utility for understanding, predicting, and intervening in problematic avoidance behaviors that reduce people ’s quality of life and prevent them from reaching their meaningful goals. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - August 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Find a Resting Place for Your Emotions and Make it Yours: A Meta-Analysis of Expressive Writing Interventions Among Asian Populations
DiscussionTaken together, these findings indicate that to optimize treatment outcomes for Asian populations, expressive writing interventions need to consider salient concerns in cultural communities and the sociocultural impact on individual tendencies towards emotional processing. Implications for the design of writing interventions are discussed. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - August 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Metacognitive Appraisals of Perseverative Cognition: A Prospective Test Across Thought Types
ConclusionsResults suggest that different forms of perseverative thought may differ in the extent to which immediate negative and positive appraisals are related to later outcomes. These results contribute to our understanding of the role of metacognitive appraisals in the persistence of different forms of perseverative thought, and suggest important differences across thought types. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - July 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Outcome Expectations in Psychotherapy: Validation of the Therapy Single Category Implicit Association Test (Therapy SC-IAT)
ConclusionWe discuss ways to improve the indirect-direct correlations and suggest that our newly developed indirect measure could complement the assessment of expectations in research and clinical practice. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - July 25, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychological Needs and Psychopathology in Adults Following a Significant Life Event: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective
ConclusionsThe findings suggest that the BPNSNFS can serve as a valuable transdiagnostic tool to enhance the delivery of measure-based care. Further research should continue to explore the clinical role of basic psychological needs. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - July 17, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychometric Properties of Trichotillomania Severity Measures
ConclusionsGiven these findings, it is imperative to develop new, psychometrically-sound TTM measures. These results also emphasize the importance of a multi-method approach to TTM assessment. In addition to self-report and clinician-administered measures, hair loss severity ratings may offer valuable information as part of a comprehensive assessment of TTM. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - July 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Improved Reliability of Dot Probe Measures with Response-Based Computation: An Application with Young Violence-Exposed Children
ConclusionsSimilar to research in adults, response-based attention bias indices demonstrated superior psychometric properties and stronger symptom associations compared to the standard computation approach and may offer advantages over the standard computation approach to study attention bias in young children. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - July 10, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
