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Donegan, Eleanor; Dugas, Michel J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by excessive worry and somatic symptoms of anxiety (e.g., restlessness, muscle tension). Several psychological treatments lead to significant reductions in GAD symptoms by posttreatment. However, little is known about how GAD symptoms change over time. Our main goal was to examine how…
Descriptors: Therapy, Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Amir, Nader; Taylor, Charles T. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: To examine the efficacy of a multisession computerized interpretation modification program (IMP) in the treatment of generalized social anxiety disorder (GSAD). Method: The sample comprised 49 individuals meeting diagnostic criteria for GSAD who were enrolled in a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial comparing IMP (n = 23)…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Control Groups
Bombardier, Charles H.; Ehde, Dawn M.; Gibbons, Laura E.; Wadhwani, Roini; Sullivan, Mark D.; Rosenberg, Dori E.; Kraft, George H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013
Objective: Physical activity represents a promising treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD) in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). We conducted a single-blind, two-arm randomized controlled trial comparing a 12-week physical activity counseling intervention delivered primarily by telephone (n = 44) to a wait-list control group (N = 48).…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Physical Activities, Intervention, Mental Disorders
Lawton, Kathy; Kasari, Connie – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: The vast majority of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) attend public preschools at some point in their childhood. Community preschool practices often are not evidence based, and almost none target the prelinguistic core deficits of ASD. This study investigated the effectiveness of public preschool teachers implementing a…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Autism, Control Groups, Play
Pistorello, Jacqueline; Fruzzetti, Alan E.; MacLane, Chelsea; Gallop, Robert; Iverson, Katherine M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: College counseling centers (CCCs) are increasingly being called upon to treat highly distressed students with complex clinical presentations. This study compared the effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for suicidal college students with an optimized control condition and analyzed baseline global functioning as a…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Therapy, Personality Problems, Social Adjustment
Hester, Reid K.; Delaney, Harold D.; Campbell, William – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based protocol, ModerateDrinking.com (MD; "www.moderatedrinking.com") combined with use of the online resources of Moderation Management (MM; "www.moderation.org") as opposed to the use of the online resources of MM alone. Method: We randomly assigned 80 problem drinkers to…
Descriptors: Evidence, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Drinking
Hesser, Hugo; Gustafsson, Tore; Lunden, Charlotte; Henrikson, Oskar; Fattahi, Kidjan; Johnsson, Erik; Westin, Vendela Zetterqvist; Carlbring, Per; Maki-Torkko, Elina; Kaldo, Viktor; Andersson, Gerhard – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: Our aim in this randomized controlled trial was to investigate the effects on global tinnitus severity of 2 Internet-delivered psychological treatments, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), in guided self-help format. Method: Ninety-nine participants (mean age = 48.5 years; 43% female) who were…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Therapy, Quality of Life
Bowler, Jennifer O.; Mackintosh, Bundy; Dunn, Barnaby D.; Mathews, Andrew; Dalgleish, Tim; Hoppitt, Laura – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: Computerized cognitive behavioral therapy (cCBT) and cognitive bias modification for interpretation (CBM-I) both have demonstrated efficacy in alleviating social anxiety, but how they compare with each other has not been investigated. The present study tested the prediction that both interventions would reduce anxiety relative to a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Therapy, Anxiety
Hien, Denise A.; Morgan-Lopez, Antonio A.; Campbell, Aimee N. C.; Saavedra, Lissette M.; Wu, Elwin; Cohen, Lisa; Ruglass, Lesia; Nunes, Edward V. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: This study uses data from the largest effectiveness trial to date on treatment of co-occurring posttraumatic stress and substance use disorders, using advances in statistical methodology for modeling treatment attendance and membership turnover in rolling groups. Method: Women receiving outpatient substance abuse treatment (N = 353)…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Substance Abuse, Health Education, Cocaine
Hodgins, David C.; Currie, Shawn R.; Currie, Gillian; Fick, Gordon H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
The efficacy of brief treatments for media-recruited pathological gamblers was tested in a randomized clinical trial design (N = 314). Two self-directed motivational interventions were compared with a 6-week waiting list control and a workbook only control. Brief motivational treatment involved a telephone motivational interview and a mailed…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Workbooks, Telecommunications, Addictive Behavior
Kasari, Connie; Paparella, Tanya; Freeman, Stephanny; Jahromi, Laudan B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
This study reports results of a randomized controlled trial aimed at joint attention (JA) and symbolic play (SP) in preschool children with autism, with prediction to language outcome 12 months later. Participants were 58 children (46 boys) with autism between 3 and 4 years of age. Children were randomized to a JA intervention, an SP intervention,…
Descriptors: Autism, Preschool Children, Attention, Play
Santa Ana, Elizabeth J.; Wulfert, Edelgard; Nietert, Paul J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
Dually diagnosed patients with chemical dependency and a comorbid psychiatric disorder typically show poor compliance with aftercare treatment, which may result in costly and pervasive individual and societal problems. In this study, the authors investigated the effect of adding motivational interviewing in a group format to standard treatment for…
Descriptors: Patients, Drinking, Control Groups, Counseling Techniques

Basham, Robert B. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1986
An examination of the scientific basis of both control group designs and comparative designs in outcome research reveals that comparative designs generally have fewer threats to validity and provide a more efficient means of control for nonspecific treatment factors suggesting that comparative studies warrant a larger role in the study of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Program Evaluation, Psychotherapy
Gosselin, Patrick; Ladouceur, Robert; Morin, Charles M.; Dugas, Michel J.; Baillargeon, Lucie – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
This study evaluated the specific effectiveness of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) combined with medication tapering for benzodiazepine discontinuation among generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) patients by using a nonspecific therapy control group. Sixty-one patients who had used benzodiazepines for more than 12 months were randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Anxiety