ABSTRACT

Relational Savoring (RS) is a recently-developed, brief, transdiagnostic intervention that can be administered by paraprofessionals. Although RS has demonstrated efficacy, it has not been examined among at-risk youth. This pilot study adapted RS for the at-risk adolescent population and examined its efficacy. Twenty male youth in residential treatment participated in a four-week long experimental study in which they were randomly assigned to participate in weekly sessions of RS or a savoring control. The study measured participants’ state affect, relationship schema, and attachment styles before and after the intervention. Compared to control participants, participants assigned to RS showed significantly greater reductions in negative affect and attachment anxiety, as well as significantly greater improvements in relational schema. Findings are discussed both in terms of their contribution to theory and as support for a test of the intervention with greater statistical power within this population of youth residing in residential treatment.

摘要

Relational Savoring (RS) 是最近开发的一种简短的跨诊断干预，可以由辅助专业人员进行管理。尽管 RS 已证明有效，但尚未在高危青年中进行检查。这项试点研究使 RS 适应了有风险的青少年人群并检查了其有效性。二十名接受住院治疗的男性青年参加了为期四周的实验研究，在该研究中，他们被随机分配参加每周一次的RS或品尝控制。该研究测量了参与者在干预前后的状态影响、关系图式和依恋风格。与对照组参与者相比，被分配到 RS 的参与者表现出负面影响和依恋焦虑的显着减少，以及关系图式的显着改善。