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Automatic Associations and Panic Disorder: Trajectories of Change over the Course of Treatment
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Teachman, Bethany A.; Marker, Craig D.; Smith-Janik, Shannan B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Cognitive models of anxiety and panic suggest that symptom reduction during treatment should be preceded by changes in cognitive processing, including modifying the anxious schema. The current study tested these hypotheses by using a repeated measures design to evaluate whether the trajectory of change in automatic panic associations over a…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Behavior Modification, Measures (Individuals), Inferences
Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale Perfectionism: A Predictor and Partial Mediator of Acute Treatment Outcome among Clinically Depressed Adolescents
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Jacobs, Rachel H.; Silva, Susan G.; Reinecke, Mark A.; Curry, John F.; Ginsburg, Golda S.; Kratochvil, Christopher J.; March, John S. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
The effect of perfectionism on acute treatment outcomes was explored in a randomized controlled trial of 439 clinically depressed adolescents (12-17 years of age) enrolled in the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) who received cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), fluoxetine, a combination of CBT and FLX, or pill placebo. Measures…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Behavior Modification, Suicide, Rating Scales
Self-System Therapy as an Intervention for Self-Regulatory Dysfunction in Depression: A Randomized Comparison with Cognitive Therapy
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Strauman, Timothy J.; Vieth, Angela Z.; Merrill, Kari A.; Kolden, Gregory G.; Woods, Teresa E.; Klein, Marjorie H.; Papadakis, Alison A.; Schneider, Kristin L.; Kwapil, Lori – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Self-system therapy (SST) is a new therapy based on regulatory focus theory (E. T. Higgins, 1997) for depressed individuals unable to pursue promotion goals effectively. The authors conducted a randomized trial comparing SST with cognitive therapy (CT) in a sample of 45 patients with a range of depressive symptoms to test 2 hypotheses: that SST…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Intervention, Depression (Psychology), Cognitive Restructuring
Modality-Specific Imagery Reduces Cravings for Food: An Application of the Elaborated Intrusion Theory of Desire to Food Craving
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Kemps, Eva; Tiggemann, Marika – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2007
Based on converging evidence that visual and olfactory images are key components of food cravings, the authors tested a central prediction of the elaborated intrusion theory of desire, that mutual competition between modality-specific tasks and desire-related imagery can suppress such cravings. In each of Experiments 1 and 2, 90 undergraduate…
Descriptors: Cues, Females, Visual Stimuli, Sensory Experience
The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on Depression: The Role of Problem-Solving Appraisal
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Chen, Szu-Yu; Jordan, Catheleen; Thompson, Sanna – Research on Social Work Practice, 2006
Objective: Many studies have confirmed the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as a treatment for depression. However, the mechanism of CBT for depression reduction is still not well understood. This study explored the mechanism of CBT from the perspective of individuals' problem-solving appraisal. Method: A one-group pretest-posttest…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Problem Solving, Depression (Psychology), Behavior Modification
Validating the Construct of Coercion in Family Routines: Expanding the Unit of Analysis in Behavioral Assessment with Families of Children with Developmental Disabilities
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Lucyshyn, Joseph M.; Irvin, Larry K.; Blumberg, E. Richard; Laverty, Robelyn; Horner, Robert H.; Sprague, Jeffrey R. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2004
We conducted an observational study of parent-child interaction in home activity settings (routines) of families raising young children with developmental disabilities and problem behavior. Our aim was to empirically investigate the construct validity of coercion in typical but unsuccessful family routines. The long-term goal was to develop an…
Descriptors: Intervention, Interaction, Family Attitudes, Validity