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State of the Science: LGBTQ-affirmative Psychotherapy Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Julian Burger, John E. Pachankis
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State of the Science: Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 T. Zachary Huit, Claire Coyne, Diane Chen
Gender-affirming care is a framework that has developed over the past two decades and has experienced a rapid proliferation of empirical evidence. Given increased attention to transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth in sociocultural spheres, there is a need to examine the current evidence base for effective gender-affirming mental health treatment. In this State of the Science review, we highlight
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Emotion Regulation Frequency and Self-Efficacy: Differential Associations with Affective Symptoms Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Juan Ramos-Cejudo, José M. Salguero, Esperanza García-Sancho, James J. Gross
Successful emotion regulation is a critical component of mental health, and difficulties with emotion regulation have been associated with a wide range of disorders including anxiety and depressive disorders. However, although much is known about commonly used forms of emotion regulation such as cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, the relative contribution of two important facets of emotion
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State of the Science: The Transdiagnostic Intervention for Sleep and Circadian Dysfunction (TranS-C) Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Allison G. Harvey, Laurel D. Sarfan
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Latent Change Trajectories in Mood During Focused CBT Enhanced for Eating Disorders Are Associated With Global Eating Pathology at Posttreatment and Follow-Up Among Individuals With Bulimia Nervosa-Spectrum Disorders: A Preliminary Examination Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Elizabeth W. Lampe, Paakhi Srivastava, Emily K. Presseller, Megan L. Wilkinson, Claire Trainor, Stephanie M. Manasse, Adrienne S. Juarascio
Bulimia nervosa (BN) is characterized by recurrent loss of control over eating (LOC) and inappropriate compensatory behaviors. Although cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is efficacious for BN, many patients continue to experience symptoms at posttreatment. One potential driver of this low treatment response may be low mood, which maintains BN symptoms through negative reinforcement. Thus, it is important
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A Systematic Quality Review of Single-Case Experimental Designs Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Adult Clinical Populations Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Safia A.M. Luck, Nima Golijani-Moghaddam, David L. Dawson
Recent publications within Contextual Behavioural Science provided a rationale for the expansion of intervention efficacy research using methods that capture idiographic factors and processes. We conducted a systematic review of the use and quality of single-case experimental designs (SCED) within the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) literature in adult clinical populations. The systematic review
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Emotion Regulation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Claudia Bischof, Nicola Hohensee, Fanny Alexandra Dietel, Philipp Doebler, Nadja Klein, Ulrike Buhlmann
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School-Based Intervention for Adolescents With ADHD: Predictors of Effects on Academic, Behavioral, and Social Functioning Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 George J. DuPaul, Steven W. Evans, Courtney L. Cleminshaw-Mahan, Qiong Fu
Adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience significant academic, behavioral, and social skill difficulties including underachievement, risk for school drop-out, poor peer relations, and emotion dysregulation. Although stimulant medication reduces ADHD symptoms, psychosocial and educational interventions are necessary to address functional impairments. We examined the
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Clinician Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Guided Self-Help Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Maribel Plasencia, Samantha G. Farris, G. Terence Wilson
The current study evaluated knowledge of and attitude towards guided self-help (GSH) among clinicians who use evidence-based practices to treat one or more of the following: panic disorder, major depressive disorder, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. A total of 153 of 256 individuals recruited online and at professional conferences were eligible. This study assessed
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Clinical Experiences Using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Ayla N. Gioia, Sabrina Ali, Erin E. Reilly
Data suggests that despite the availability of evidence-based psychological treatments for eating disorders (EDs), techniques from these therapies may be less frequently used within real-life clinical practice. The aim of this study was to provide the opportunity for clinicians to give feedback on their experiences treating EDs using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) through reporting on use of CBT
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What CBT modules work best for whom? Identifying subgroups of depressed youths by their differential response to specific modules Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Jennifer Frederick, Mei Yi Ng, Matthew J. Valente, Katherine Venturo-Conerly, John R. Weisz
Prior research suggests that the effects of specific CBT modules on symptom outcomes can be estimated. We conducted a study utilizing idiographic and nomothetic methods to clarify which CBT modules are most effective for youth depression, and for whom they are most effective. Thirty-five youths received modular CBT for depression. Interrupted time series models estimated whether the introduction of
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The nature of mental imagery and its relationship with amotivational psychopathology in people with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Matthias Pillny, David J. Hallford, Kerem Böge
Many people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) experience profound amotivation, which is strongly related to anticipatory anhedonia. Yet, the neuropsychological fundamentals of anticipatory anhedonia and amotivation are barely understood, resulting in a lack of effective treatments for these patients. Aberrancies in positive mental imagery may interfere with the anticipation of pleasure and
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Corrigendum to “Feasibility of Automated Training for Facial Emotion Expression and Recognition in Autism” [Behav. Therapy 49(6) (2018) 881–888] Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Susan W. White, Lynn Abbott, Andrea Trubanova Wieckowski, Nicole N. Capriola-Hall, Sherin Aly, Amira Youssef
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Corrigendum to “Group Differences in Facial Emotion Expression in Autism: Evidence for the Utility of Machine Classification” [Behav. Therapy 50(4) (2019) 828–838] Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Nicole N. Capriola-Hall, Andrea Trubanova Wieckowski, Deanna Swain, Sherin Aly, Amira Youssef, A. Lynn Abbott, Susan W. White
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Naturalistic evaluation of HeadGear: A smartphone app to reduce depressive symptoms in workers Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Mark Deady, Daniel A. J. Collins, Nicholas Glozier, Evangeline Gardiner, Andrew Arena, Aimee Gayed, Richard Bryant, Rafael A. Calvo, Samuel B. Harvey
Mobile health (mHealth) apps have the potential to expand access to evidence-based interventions for mental health conditions, including depression. HeadGear was developed to prevent depression and improve wellbeing among the working population and was associated with significant positive effects in an efficacy trial. This study presents the results from a naturalistic trial intended to evaluate real-world
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Improvement in Distress Tolerance as a Mechanism of Symptom Reduction during Intensive Exposure and Response Prevention Based Treatment for OCD Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Donald A. Godfrey, Allison Heinrich, Elizabeth McIngvale, Jennifer Sy, Michael G. Wheaton, Thröstur Björgvinsson
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is an effective treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), yet the specific underlying mechanisms by which ERP improves symptoms remain unclear. Initial theories suggested that habituation to triggering events and stimuli was the key therapeutic factor in ERP, while other theories highlight the role of developing the ability to tolerate distress, rather
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Emotion regulation training as an add-on in the treatment of obesity in young adolescents: a randomized controlled superiority trial Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Taaike Debeuf, Sandra Verbeken, Elisa Boelens, Brenda Volkaert, Ann Tanghe, Nathalie Michels, Caroline Braet
In an inpatient treatment center for pediatric obesity, the effectiveness of an emotion regulation (ER) training on top of the multidisciplinary obesity treatment (MOT) was tested by means of a RCT. The ER training was evaluated on primary outcomes: ER and emotional eating, and secondary outcomes: well-being and weight loss, taking into account pre, post and follow-up measurements. From the 115 10-to-14-year
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Dysfunctional Attitudes versus Metacognitive Beliefs as Within-Person Predictors of Depressive Symptoms Over Time Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Eivind R. Strand, Frederick Anyan, Odin Hjemdal, Hans M. Nordahl, Henrik Nordahl
Understanding within-person variation between theorized mechanisms of disorder and depressive symptoms can help identify targets for interventions. Cognitive models of depression hypothesize dysfunctional attitudes as underlying vulnerability factors, whilst the metacognitive model place emphasis on dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs. However, no previous study has tested the relative importance of
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Paranoia and social anxiety: Predicting aggressive behavior Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Michael A. Mallott, Justine S. T. Stryker, Norman B. Schmidt
Aggression is a transdiagnostic behavior that is associated with poor clinical outcomes. As such, it is important to understand factors that contribute to various manifestations of aggressive behavior. Recent research has revealed a subtype of individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) who tend to display relatively high amounts of aggression and experience more severe social anxiety and dysfunction
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Using a Randomized Clinical Trial to Test the Efficacy of a Culturally-Responsive Mobile Health (mHealth) Application in African Americans Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Natalie N. Watson-Singleton, Jordan Pennefather
Mindfulness is a promising health promotion strategy for African Americans, and it is imperative that culturally-responsive mindfulness approaches be accessible to this population. One way to address this need is to develop and test if culturally-responsive mobile health (mhealth) applications are efficacious in reducing stress-related outcomes in this population. With this goal in mind, we employed
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Acknowledgment to 2023 Reviewers Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-12-12
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Social motivation differentiates social anxiety and depression: A daily diary study Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Ruba Rum, Jessica Birg, Gabriella Silva, Jonathan Rottenberg, Peter E. Clayson, Fallon R. Goodman
Because social anxiety and depression commonly co-occur, it can be challenging to disentangle the emotional and motivational features of these conditions in everyday life contexts. In this daily diary study, we sought to understand the interplay between daily social anxiety and depression symptoms and emotion and motivation, determining whether daily symptoms are independently linked with positive
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Rethinking Unacceptable Thoughts: Validation of an Expanded Version of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS) Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Eric B. Lee, Chad T. Wetterneck, Elizabeth McIngvale, Monnica T. Williams, Thröstur Björgvinsson
The Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS) is widely used to measure obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) severity across four broad symptom dimensions (i.e., contamination, responsibility for harm, unacceptable thoughts, symmetry). Despite its proven utility, there is reason to suspect that the unacceptable thoughts subscale conflates different types of unacceptable thoughts that are meaningfully
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Corrigendum to “The Initial Efficacy of Stand-Alone DBT Skills Training for Treating Impulsivity Among Individuals With Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders” [Behav. Therapy 54(5) (2023) 809–822] Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Marco Cavicchioli, Mariagrazia Movalli, Aurora Bruni, Rachele Terragni, Maria Elena Goldoni, Elisabetta Borgia, Marco Begarani, Anna Ogliari
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For Whom and For How Long Does the “Be a Mom” Intervention Work? A Secondary Analysis of Data from a Randomized Controlled Trial Exploring the Mid-term Efficacy and Moderators of Treatment Response Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Carlos Carona, Marco Pereira, Anabela Araújo-Pedrosa, Fabiana Monteiro, Maria Cristina Canavarro, Ana Fonseca
This study explored clinical and sociodemographic moderators of treatment response to “Be a Mom”, an internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) intervention, from baseline to postintervention, in women at high risk for postpartum depression (PPD). The study also assessed the stability of women’s treatment gains from baseline to 4-months postintervention (follow-up). This open-label randomized
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Pilot Effectiveness and Acceptability of Partial Hospitalization Treatment Incorporating Transdiagnostic, Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Sarah M. Kennedy, Veronica Henderson-Davis, Lauren Henry, Jessica L. Hawks, Kathleen I. Diaz, Taylor Crabbs, Neena Khindria, Jami Moe-Hartman, Laurel Nook, Kayin F. President, Samaria Stovall, Laura G. Anthony
Acute mental health treatment (e.g., partial hospitalization or PHP) is a critical component of the mental health services landscape for youth whose symptoms are too acute for a typical outpatient setting, but for whom inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is not recommended or desired. Very few interventions have been developed, adapted for, or evaluated in these fundamentally different delivery contexts
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Increased generalisation, stronger acquisition, or reduced extinction? Investigation of the mechanisms underlying the acquisition-in-multiple-contexts effect Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-11-04 Wei Jun Marc Chao, Bridget L McConnell
Prior research has demonstrated that conducting acquisition in multiple contexts results in more responding to the point that it can even nullify the benefit of subsequent extinction in multiple contexts on reducing renewal of excitatory responding. The underlying mechanism to explain why this happens has not been systematically examined. Using self-reported expectancy of the outcome, the current study
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Explaining How Psychotherapy Affects the Brain Can Increase the Perceived Effectiveness of Psychotherapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-11-04 Annalise Perricone, Alma Bitran, Woo-kyoung Ahn
Past studies repeatedly found that biological explanations of mental disorders cause laypeople and clinicians to doubt the effectiveness of psychotherapy. This could be clinically detrimental, as combined pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy is often optimal. The distrust of psychotherapy is theorized to stem from dualistic reasoning that psychotherapy, perceived as occurring in the mind, does not necessarily
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Risk Factors that Predict Future Onset of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, and Purging Disorder in Adolescent Girls Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Yuko Yamamiya, Eric Stice
Because very few prospective studies have identified risk factors that predicted future onset of threshold/subthreshold anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), and purging disorder (PD), we analyzed prospective data collected from a large cohort of adolescent girls followed over an 8-year period to advance knowledge about risk factor specificity. Adolescent girls recruited
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The role of aversive appearance-related comparisons and self-discrepancy in depression and well-being from a longitudinal general comparative-processing perspective Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Pascal Schlechter, Nexhmedin Morina
Research indicates that aversive appearance-related comparisons (i.e., perceived as threatening one’s own motives) are associated with depressive symptoms. However, central elements underlying the comparison process are poorly understood. Drawing on central propositions of comparison theory, we hypothesized that an increased aversive comparison frequency instigates high levels of perceived comparison
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Using Adherence and Competence Measures Based on Practice Elements to Evaluate Treatment Fidelity for Two CBT Programs for Youth Anxiety Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Stephanie Violante, Bryce D. McLeod, Michael A. Southam-Gerow, Bruce F. Chorpita, John R. Weisz
Measures designed to assess the quantity and quality of practices found across treatment programs for specific youth emotional or behavioral problems may be a good fit for evaluating treatment fidelity in effectiveness and implementation research. Treatment fidelity measures must demonstrate certain reliability and validity characteristics to realize this potential. This study examines the extent to
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Family Accommodation in Children and Adolescents with Misophonia Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Eric A. Storch, Andrew G. Guzick, Johann D'Souza, Jane Clinger, Daphne Ayton, Minjee Kook, Conor Rork, Eleanor E. Smith, Isabel A. Draper, Nasim Khalfe, Catherine E. Rast, Nicholas Murphy, Marijn Lijfijjt, Wayne K. Goodman, Matti Cervin
Family accommodation (e.g., reassurance, modifying routines, assisting avoidance) has not been explored among youth with misophonia but may have important clinical and intervention implications. We examined family accommodation in 102 children and adolescents with interview-confirmed misophonia and compared its frequency and content to family accommodation in 95 children and adolescents with anxiety
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Supporting families affected by adversity: An open feasibility trial of Family Life Skills Triple P Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Matthew R. Sanders, Karen M. T. Turner, Sabine Baker, Tianyi Ma, Carys Chainey, Siân K. Horstead, Subodha Wimalaweera, Susan Gardner, John Eastwood
This pilot feasibility study examined the effects of a new trauma-informed parenting program, Family Life Skills Triple P (FLSTP) in an open uncontrolled trial conducted in a regular service delivery context via video conferencing. FLSTP was trialed as a group delivered 10-session intervention. Program modules target positive parenting skills (4 sessions) and adult life skills including coping with
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A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of Primary Care Treatment Integrating Motivation and Exposure Treatment (PC-TIME) in Veterans with PTSD and Harmful Alcohol Use Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 Kyle Possemato, Nadine R. Mastroleo, Christina Balderrama-Durbin, Paul King, Ariella Davis, Brian Borsari, Sheila A.M. Rauch
Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) often engage in harmful alcohol use. These co-occurring conditions are associated with negative health consequences and disability. PTSD and harmful drinking are typically experienced as closely related thus treatments that target both simultaneously are preferred by patients. Many individuals with PTSD and harmful alcohol use receive primary care
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Effect of reliable recovery on health care costs and productivity losses in emotional disorders Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 Sara Barrio-Martínez, Paloma Ruiz-Rodríguez, Leonardo Adrián Medrano, Amador Priede, Roger Muñoz-Navarro, Juan Antonio Moriana, María Carpallo-González, Maider Prieto-Vila, Antonio Cano-Vindel, César González-Blanch
Despite the high economic costs associated with emotional disorders, relatively few studies have examined the variation in costs according to whether or not the patient has achieved a reliable recovery or not. The aim of this study was to explore differences in health care costs and productivity losses between primary care patients from a previous RCT—PsicAP— with emotional symptoms who achieved a
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Validation of a novel perceptual body image assessment method using mobile digital imaging analysis: a cross-sectional multi-center evaluation in a multiethnic sample Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Robyn Braun-Trocchio, Ashley Ray, Ryan Graham, Caleb Brandner, Elizabeth Warfield, Jessica Renteria, Austin J. Graybeal
Given that mobile digital imaging analyses (DIA) are equipped to automate body composition and subsequently alter one’s appearance at a given objective body fat percent (BF%), the purpose of this study was to validate the use of this tool for assessments of body image. Participants (f=134, m=89) from two separate centers underwent body composition scans using a mobile DIA and completed the Multidimensional
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Parent-led cognitive behavioral teletherapy for anxiety in autistic youth: A randomized trial comparing two levels of therapist support Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Andrew G. Guzick, Sophie C. Schneider, Minjee Kook, Julia Rose Iacono, Saira A. Weinzimmer, Troy Quast, Sean M. Olsen, Killian Rainey Hughes, Emily Jellinek-Russo, Amanda Perozo Garcia, Abigail Candelari, Leandra N. Berry, Robin P Goin-Kochel, Wayne K. Goodman, Eric A. Storch
Parent-led cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an efficient, promising form of therapy that may be well suited for autistic youth with anxiety disorders, though to date it has been minimally tested. In this study, 87 autistic youth (7-13 years-old) with anxiety disorders and their parents were randomized to two forms of parent-led CBT in which parents led their child through a guided CBT workbook
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A comparison of affective-cognitive states in daily life between emerging adults with and without past-year non-suicidal self-injury Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Glenn Kiekens, Penelope Hasking, Matthew K. Nock, Evan Kleiman, Olivia J. Kirtley, Marlies Houben, Mark Boyes, Ronny Bruffaerts, Inez Myin-Germeys, Laurence Claes
Although the literature suggests trait-like differences in affective and cognitive vulnerabilities between individuals with and without a history of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), little is known about how these dispositional differences are experienced in the natural environment. The present study compares the intensity, inertia, interaction, and variability of affective (negative and positive affect)
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Internet-based versus Face-to-face Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Control Trial Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Hassan Soleimani Rad, Hanieh Goodarzi, Leili Bahrami, Abbas Abolghasemi
During the covid-19 epidemic, face-to-face mental health services faced obstacles. Using Internet-based interventions was a good solution and had the potential to overcome these treatment barriers. However, there is no strong research evidence about the effectiveness of these methods for social anxiety disorder in different cultures and developing countries. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Parenting Interventions on Enhancing Parental Resilience Resources and Reducing Children’s Problem Behaviors in Chinese Cross-Boundary Families: Positive Benefits and Moderation Effects Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 He Bu, Iris Kam-fung Liu, Nancy Xiaonan Yu
Daily cross-boundary schooling between Shenzhen and Hong Kong constitutes a constant challenge for Chinese cross-boundary families in terms of parenting burden. To address their most urgent parenting needs, we adapted and evaluated two intervention approaches—improving emotional regulation and providing knowledge about Hong Kong. A cluster randomized controlled trial with repeated assessments (pre-
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Implementation and preliminary outcomes of an exposure-based summer camp for pediatric OCD and anxiety Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Ryan J. McCarty, Seth T. Downing, Andrea D. Guastello, Lacie M. Lazaroe, Ashley R. Ordway, Tannaz MirHosseini, Megan A. Barthle-Herrera, Danielle L. Cooke, Carol A. Mathews, Joseph P. H. McNamara
Despite the high prevalence of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents and the existence of effective evidence-based treatments for them, access to psychological care remains a major public health concern. Summer camps may provide an effective treatment avenue for youth who might not otherwise have access to care. This study describes the design and implementation of Fear Facers, a semi-structured
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A Test of the Behavioral Model of Tic Disorders using a Dynamical Systems Framework Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Brianna C.M. Wellen, Krishnapriya Ramanujam, Mark Lavelle, Matthew R. Capriotti, Jonathan Butner, Matthew J. Euler, Michael B. Himle
Tic disorders are a class of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by involuntary motor and/or vocal tics. It has been hypothesized that tics function to reduce aversive premonitory urges (i.e., negative reinforcement) and that suppression-based behavioral interventions such as habit reversal training (HRT) and exposure and response prevention (ERP) disrupt this process and facilitate urge reduction
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Profiles of low-income help-seeking couples and implications for intervention gains: A couple-centered approach Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Yunying Le, Mengya Xia, McKenzie K. Roddy, S. Gabe Hatch, Brian D. Doss
Using a couple-centered approach, the current study seeks to understand: (1) the specific ways in which help-seeking couples vary in how their relationship satisfaction changes over time, (2) whether there are important differences in relationship characteristics at the beginning of the interventions, and (3) whether couples with distinct relationship characteristics benefit equally from effective
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Clinical Judgments of Response Profiles: Do They Tell Us What Matters for Whom? Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Megan L. Whelen, Iony D. Ezawa, Daniel R. Strunk
DeRubeis and colleagues (2014) proposed that psychotherapy research has been limited by underappreciated variability in how patients respond to psychotherapy. They proposed that the relationship between the quality of therapy and outcome varies according to patient response profiles. In a study of CBT for depression, we tested clinician-ratings of this construct as a moderator of the relationship between
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Community-delivered evidence-based practice and usual care for adolescent Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Examining mechanistic outcomes Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Paulo A. Graziano, Margaret H. Sibley, Stefany J. Coxe, Leonard Bickman, Pablo Martin, Anouk Scheres, Melissa L. Hernandez
Previous research suggests that routine psychosocial care for adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is an eclectic and individualized mix of diluted evidence-based practices (EBPs) and low value approaches. This study evaluated the extent to which a community-delivered evidence-based practice (EBP) and usual care (UC) for adolescents with ADHD produce differential changes
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Trajectories of perceived gratitude and change following relationship interventions: A randomized controlled trial with lower-income, help-seeking couples Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Allen W. Barton, Qiujie Gong, Shayna Guttman, Brian D. Doss
The current study was designed to advance basic and applied research on perceived gratitude from one’s partner in established couple relationships. From a three-arm randomized controlled trial involving 615 lower-income, help-seeking couples (N = 1,224 individuals), study analyses examined: (1) the trajectory of perceived gratitude from one’s partner among couples assigned to the waitlist condition
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Body focused repetitive behaviour disorders in children and adolescents: Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes in a naturalistic setting Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Daniel Rautio, Per Andrén, Linn Bjureberg, Maria Silverberg-Mörse, David Mataix-Cols, Lorena Fernández de la Cruz
Body-focused repetitive behaviour disorders, including trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder) and excoriation (skin-picking) disorder, typically emerge in early adolescence, but little is known about the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of these disorders in young people, particularly in real world clinical settings. Participants were 63 children and adolescents (51 girls; age range
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Tackling Costly Fearful Avoidance using Pavlovian Counterconditioning Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Anneloes M. Hulsman, Iris van de Pavert, Karin Roelofs, Floris Klumpers
Avoidance behavior constitutes a major transdiagnostic symptom that exacerbates anxiety. It hampers fear extinction and predicts poor therapy-outcome. Pavlovian counterconditioning with a reward could alleviate avoidance better than traditional extinction by reducing negative valence of the feared situation. However, previous studies are scarce and did not consider that pathological avoidance is often
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Family accommodation in intensive/residential treatment for adults with OCD: A cross-lagged panel analysis Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Kara N. Kelley, Nicole E. Caporino, Martha J. Falkenstein
Many adults with OCD experience residual symptoms following CBT, with or without medication. A potential target for enhancing treatment effectiveness is family accommodation (FA). This study examined 1) possible sociodemographic and clinical correlates of FA in adults presenting for intensive/residential treatment, and 2) temporal relationships between FA and OCD symptom severity during acute treatment
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The Idionomic Future of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: What Stands Out From Criticisms of ACT Development Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Steven C. Hayes, Stefan G. Hofmann, Joseph Ciarrochi
The present special section critical of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or Training (ACT in either case) and its basis in psychological flexibility, relational frame theory, functional contextualism, and contextual behavioral science (CBS) contains both worthwhile criticisms and fundamental misunderstandings. Noting the important historical role that behavior analysis has played in the cognitive
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Evaluating the effectiveness of Take it Personal!+ in people with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning and substance use disorder: a multiple baseline single-case experimental study Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Lotte C.F. Gosens, Evelien A.P. Poelen, Robert Didden, Jannet M. de Jonge, Arnt F.A. Schellekens, Joanneke E.L. VanDerNagel, Patrick Onghena, Roy Otten
Individuals with mild intellectual disabilities or borderline intellectual functioning are at increased risk to develop a substance use disorder, however effective treatment programs adapted to this target group are scarce. This study evaluated the effectiveness of Take it Personal!+ in individuals with mild intellectual disabilities or borderline intellectual functioning and substance use disorder
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Intolerance of Uncertainty and Worry Prospectively Predict COVID-19 Anxiety and Distress: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Alexandra M. Adamis, David A. Cole, Bunmi O. Olatunji
The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated an uptick in poor mental health outcomes, including Coronavirus-related anxiety and distress. Preliminary research has shown that intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and worry proneness, two transdiagnostic risk factors for anxiety and related disorders, are associated cross-sectionally with pandemic-related fear and distress. However, the extent to which IU and worry
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Facing Eating Disorder Fears: An Open Trial Adapting Prolonged Exposure to the Treatment of Eating Disorders Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-07-22 Rachel M. Butler, Emma K. Crumby, Caroline Christian, Leigh C. Brosof, Irina A. Vanzhula, Cheri A. Levinson
Eating disorders (EDs) are maintained by core fears, which lead to avoidance behaviors, such as food avoidance or compensatory behaviors. Previously-tested exposure-based treatments for EDs have generally focused on proximal outcomes (e.g., food), rather than addressing core fears (e.g., fear of weight gain and its consequences). The current study tested the feasibility and initial clinical efficacy
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Investigating retrospective and prospective metamemory judgments during episodic memory in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorders Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-07-20
It is clear evidence that individuals diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) lack confidence in their memory and have low metamemory performance (judgment and accuracy). However, it is still unclear whether low metamemory performance is specific to first, domain-general or domain-specific, and second, to stimulus domain. To address these issues, we compared individuals diagnosed with OCD
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Treating Emotional Disorders in Spanish Children: A Controlled Randomized Trial in a Clinical Setting Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-07-18
Super Skills for Life (SSL) is a CBT-transdiagnostic group intervention currently being translated and validated in multiple countries. In Spanish children, it has shown a positive impact on anxious and depressive symptoms, as well as other variables such as self-concept, prosocial behaviours, or behavioural problems. However, the effectiveness of the program to treat internalizing symptoms in children
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Sexual Assault History May Moderate Posttraumatic Cognition and Posttraumatic Stress Among Trauma-Exposed Sexual Minority Women Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-07-18
Sexual minority women (SMW) are highly vulnerable to trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms following trauma exposure. Negative posttraumatic cognitions (i.e., negative cognitions about self, word, and self-blame following trauma exposure) are hypothesized to exacerbate and maintain the relationship between trauma exposure and PTSD symptoms. Posttraumatic cognitions are particularly
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of OC-Go for Childhood Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Augmenting Homework Compliance in Exposure with Response Prevention Treatment Behav. Ther. (IF 4.796) Pub Date : 2023-07-18
The current study investigates a novel digital tool designed to address barriers to out-of-session homework adherence in exposure with response prevention (ERP) for child OCD. The OC-Go platform allows clinicians to create and push tailored interactive protocol- or symptom-specific assignments to patients on their mobile devices, providing in-the-moment step-by-step directions, encouragement, accountability