Showing papers in "Behavior Therapy in 2011"

TL;DR: The development and psychometric evaluation of a second version of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II), which assesses the construct referred to as, variously, acceptance, experiential avoidance, and psychological inflexibility, indicates the satisfactory structure, reliability, and validity of this measure.

TL;DR: A new index for analysis of single-case research data was proposed, Tau-U, which combines nonoverlap between phases with trend from within the intervention phase and provides the option of controlling undesirable Phase A trend.

TL;DR: Mobile technology offering in vivo skills coaching may be a useful tool for reducing urges to use substances and engage in other maladaptive behavior by directly teaching and coaching in alternative, adaptive coping behavior.

TL;DR: Results indicated that individuals who reported NSSI behavior over the course of the study experienced increases in negative affect prior to an episode of NSSi that peaked during the episode and faded gradually in the hours following the episode, with affect change roughly approximating a quadratic curve.

TL;DR: Investigating the effectiveness of 12-session exposure therapy delivered either via telehealth or in person in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder demonstrated that although older veterans and Vietnam veterans were more likely to complete the telehealth treatment, telehealth findings were not influenced by patient age, sex, race, combat theater, or disability status.

TL;DR: Data support the conceptualization of shame, guilt distress, and guilt cognitions as relevant features of PTSD.

TL;DR: The Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS) as mentioned in this paper was developed to measure when and how clients become activated over the course of behavioral activation treatment for depression, and four studies were conducted in order to develop and provide initial evaluation of a short form of the BADS that addressed these concerns.

TL;DR: Cross-sectional and longitudinal correlates of NSSI in 81 young adult self-injurers are examined to suggest that many cross-sectional correlates ofNSSI may not be useful for predicting subsequent NSSi, and instead N SSI severity and BPD features appear to best predict continued engagement in NSS I.

TL;DR: The combined treatment was significantly better than bupropion alone at 1-year follow-up with 7-day point prevalence quit rates of 31.6% in the combined condition versus 17.5%" in the medication-alone condition.

TL;DR: It is suggested that ACT may warrant a large-scale investigation with anxious older adults and that acceptance-based approaches such as ACT may be well-suited to geriatric generalized anxiety disorder.

TL;DR: Results demonstrate that higher levels of intolerance of uncertainty were associated with a tendency to select the immediately available, but less valuable and less probable rewards, which predicted decision-makers' sensitivity to outcomes.

TL;DR: Overall, the data suggest that ACT bibliotherapy improved the mental health and psychological flexibility of Japanese international students.

TL;DR: EPHB women were most negatively affected by comparisons; they experienced more intense negative emotions, more thoughts of dieting/exercising, and an increase in eating-disordered behavior after upward comparisons.

TL;DR: Examination of the treatment benefits of the Challenging Horizons Program suggested that students who received the CHP improved compared to students in the control condition on measures of symptoms and impairment.

TL;DR: Qualitative impressions from group leaders suggested that slower pacing and increased rehearsal of skills may improve efficacy for immigrant parents unfamiliar with skills introduced in PT.

TL;DR: To the knowledge, this represents the first test of a broadly applicable, individual psychosocial treatment for BDD and a relatively low drop-out rate, high patient satisfaction ratings, and patient feedback indicated that the treatment was highly acceptable to patients.

TL;DR: A CBT designed to enhance affect regulation without trauma memory processing--trauma affect regulation: guide for education and therapy (TARGET)--was compared to present centered therapy and wait-list conditions in a randomized clinical trial with 146 primarily low-income and ethnoracial minority mothers with PTSD.

TL;DR: The RPI represents a parsimonious, reliable, and valid measure that may facilitate understanding of the etiology of depression and its relationship to overt behaviors.

TL;DR: Results provide support for the role of both trait vulnerabilities and environmental stressors in childhood borderline personality features and highlight the moderating role of affective dysfunction in the relationship between emotional abuse and childhood BP features.

TL;DR: The association between emotional tone and RTC found in this study suggests that it is an important factor in care and research is needed to confirm these findings and identify and test interventions to teach staff to reduce controlling messages that will to reduce RTC and improve care.

TL;DR: Despite its efficacy for OCD, many individuals with clinically significant symptoms fail to initiate CBT when recommended by a mental health professional, receive treatments that are less intensive than those used in clinical trials, or drop out of treatment prematurely.

TL;DR: The results suggest that PEP and other self-evaluative processes may perpetuate the cycle of social anxiety and suggest that high socially anxious individuals with high trait PEP scores evaluated themselves in the interaction more negatively at the later assessment.

TL;DR: The role of positive aging strategies in conjunction with behavioral intervention approaches to promote well-being in one's later years is recommended for addressing the complex needs of the graying population.

TL;DR: A protective function of positive self-perceptions in regards to depressive cognitions over a 2- to 3-year period for children with ADHD is supported.

TL;DR: The results point to the more negative impact of withdrawn and socially reticent behaviors for people from Western countries relative to those from East Asia.

TL;DR: The Negative Self-Portrayal Scale was found to have good internal consistency and test-retest reliability, strong convergent validity, and adequate discriminant validity, while total scores accounted for a significant proportion of unique variance in self-concealment behaviors.

TL;DR: Cognitive status was not related to change in depressive symptoms, suggesting that BA may be useful across a range of older adults, and intent-to-treat analyses indicated a significant Group×Time interaction on depressive symptoms.

TL;DR: Two innovative coding instruments were used to test the hypothesis that caregivers' person-centeredness would be negatively correlated with residents' resistiveness to care and provide preliminary support for the predictive and construct validity of the GBS and the PCBI.

TL;DR: It is suggested that relationship satisfaction may lead to either reluctance, or increased willingness, to attribute negative relationship events to partner behavior, potentially due to partner blame and relationship schemas.

TL;DR: Results suggest that CBT can be delivered effectively by trainees in an outpatient setting and rates of improvement and recovery compared favorably to those achieved in other studies, with the exception of recovery rates in severe depression.