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Measurement properties of tools used to assess self-harm in autistic and general population adults Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Victoria Newell, Ellen Townsend, Caroline Richards, Sarah Cassidy
Autistic people are at increased risk of experiencing self-harm compared to the general population. However, it is unclear which tools are being used to assess self-harm in autistic people, or whether existing tools need to be adapted for this group. This two-stage systematic review aimed to identify tools used to assess self-harm in autistic and general population adults, evaluate these tools on their
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A meta-analytic review of anger management activities that increase or decrease arousal: What fuels or douses rage? Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Sophie Lyngesen Kjærvik, Brad J. Bushman
Anger is an unpleasant emotion that most people want to get rid of. Some anger management activities focus on decreasing arousal (e.g., deep breathing, mindfulness, meditation), whereas others focus on increasing arousal (e.g., hitting a bag, jogging, cycling). This meta-analytic review, based on 154 studies including 184 independent samples involving 10,189 participants, tested the effectiveness of
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Vulnerabilities in social anxiety: Integrating intra- and interpersonal perspectives Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Rivkah Ginat-Frolich, Eva Gilboa-Schechtman, Jonathan D. Huppert, Idan M. Aderka, Lynn E. Alden, Yair Bar-Haim, Eni S. Becker, Amit Bernstein, Ronny Geva, Richard G. Heimberg, Stefan G. Hofmann, Todd B. Kashdan, Ernst H.W. Koster, Joshua Lipsitz, Jon K. Maner, David A. Moscovitch, Pierre Philippot, Ronald M. Rapee, Karin Roelofs, Thomas L. Rodebaugh, Franklin R. Schneier, Oliver C. Schultheiss, Ben
What are the major vulnerabilities in people with social anxiety? What are the most promising directions for translational research pertaining to this condition? The present paper provides an integrative summary of basic and applied translational research on social anxiety, emphasizing vulnerability factors. It is divided into two subsections: intrapersonal and interpersonal. The intrapersonal section
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Executive functioning in antisocial behavior: A multi-level systematic meta-analysis Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Jochem Milan Jansen, Melanie Elisabeth Franse
Neurobiological information – including executive function – is increasingly relevant for forensic clinical practice, as well as for the criminal justice system. Previous meta-analyses report that antisocial populations show impaired performance on executive functioning tasks, but these meta-analyses are outdated, have limitations in their methodological approach, and are therefore in need of an update
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Meta-analysis of the implied distribution of callous-unemotional traits across sampling methods and informant Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Arthur Kary, Caroline Moul
Callous-unemotional (CU) traits have been measured in a variety of sample-types (e.g., community or forensic) and from the perspective of different informants (e.g., self-report or parent-report) using the inventory of callous-unemotional traits total score (ICU-T). Although the positive association between CU traits and antisocial behavior is uncontroversial, the degree to which sample-types are different
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Emotion regulation and emotion dysregulation in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A meta-analysis of evaluation and intervention studies Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Damián Restoy, Montserrat Oriol-Escudé, Teresa Alonzo-Castillo, María Magán-Maganto, Ricardo Canal-Bedia, Emiliano Díez-Villoria, Laura Gisbert-Gustemps, Imanol Setién-Ramos, María Martínez-Ramírez, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, Jorge Lugo-Marín
Children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often experience challenges in emotion regulation (ER) and emotion dysregulation (ED) which can interfere with their adaptive functioning. This study aimed to systematically review and meta-analyze the evidence on ER/ED in children and/or adolescents with ASD, examining its relationship with the following variables: internalizing and externalizing
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Post-traumatic growth correlates among parents of children with chronic illnesses: A systematic review and meta-analysis Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Ofir Negri-Schwartz, Michal Lavidor, Tal Shilton, Doron Gothelf, Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon
Parenting a child with a chronic illness presents a complex journey marked by various challenges, along with possible personal growth following these challenges. In this systematic review we present three meta-analyses, in order to examine the associations of post-traumatic growth (PTG) among parents of children with diverse chronic illnesses, and psychological distress, social support, and resilience
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A systematic review and meta-synthesis on perspectives of autistic young people and their parents on psychological well-being Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Kate Cooper, Sanjay Kumarendran, Manuela Barona
Autistic adolescents are at increased risk of developing mental health problems. Improving psychological well-being could reduce the likelihood of such problems developing. Research has tended to prioritise the voices of non-autistic people and has neglected to consult autistic young people themselves. Our meta-synthesis aimed to systematically review qualitative research on the perspectives of autistic
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Erratum to empirically-based dynamic risk and protective factors for sexual offending clinical psychology review 106 (2023) 102355 Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Michael C. Seto, Carissa Augustyn, Kailey M. Roche, Gabriella Hilkes
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The role of psychologists in supporting illness-related dying and death: A systematic mixed studies review Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Baby M.Y. Foo, Louise Sharpe, Josephine M. Clayton, Michele Wiese, Rachel E. Menzies
Psychologists remain underrepresented in end-of-life care, and there is limited understanding of their role among healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers. This systematic mixed-studies review, prospectively registered on PROSPERO (CRD42020215775), explored the role of psychologists, and the facilitators and barriers they experience, in supporting clients with illness-related dying and death
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Effectiveness of applied and casual games for young people's mental health: A systematic review of randomised controlled studies Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Aniek Wols, Michelle Pingel, Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Isabela Granic
Many youth experience mental health problems and digital games hold potential as mental health interventions. This systematic review provides an overview of randomised controlled studies assessing the effectiveness of digital applied and casual games for improving mental health in youth aged 6–24 years. A systematic search of PsycINFO, Web of Science and Pubmed yielded 145 eligible studies. Studies
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Mentalizing in and out of awareness: A meta-analytic review of implicit and explicit mentalizing Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Yogev Kivity, Kenneth N. Levy, Benjamin N. Johnson, Lia K. Rosenstein, James M. LeBreton
Background Mentalizing, making sense of mental states, is hypothesized to have a central role in self-organization and social learning. Findings support this notion, but the extent of the association between mentalizing and various correlates has not been meta-analyzed. Furthermore, mentalizing presumably occurs with (explicit) and without (implicit) awareness but few studies have attempted to disentangle
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Self-esteem in children and adolescents with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A meta-analytic review Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Jessica L. Betancourt, R. Matt Alderson, Delanie K. Roberts, Caitlin C. Bullard
Meta-analytic methods were used to examine global and domain-specific (i.e., academic, social, behavioral) self-esteem in children and adolescents with and without ADHD. Potential moderators of effect size heterogeneity were also examined via meta-regressions within a three-level approach. Findings from 49 aggregated global self-esteem effect sizes (ADHDN = 2500, TDN = 9448), 12 academic self-esteem
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Vague sensations. About the background and consequences of discordance between actual and perceived physiological changes Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Ferenc Köteles
Empirical evidence consistently shows that discordance, also called dissociation or discrepancy, between actual physiological (mainly visceral) events and their perceived counterparts is substantial. On the one hand, we typically do not perceive actual visceral events occurring in our bodies; on the other hand, sometimes we do perceive bodily changes that do not really take place. This narrative review
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A systematic review of performance-based assessment studies on cognitive biases in schizophrenia spectrum psychoses and clinical high-risk states: A summary of 40 years of research Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-14 Łukasz Gawęda, Joachim Kowalski, Adrianna Aleksandrowicz, Paulina Bagrowska, Małgorzata Dąbkowska, Renata Pionke-Ubych
Cognitive models of psychosis have stimulated empirical studies on cognitive biases involved in schizophrenia spectrum psychoses and their symptoms. This systematic review aimed to summarize the studies on the role of cognitive biases as assessed in different performance-based tasks in schizophrenia spectrum psychoses and clinical high-risk states. We focused on five cognitive biases linked to psychosis
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Affective forecasting and psychopathology: A scoping review Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-14 Jala Rizeq
Affective forecasting – estimations of future emotional reactions – is an important aspect of future thinking that informs judgement and decision making. Biases in affective forecasting have been noted generally and with people with emotional disturbances specifically. Still, the role of affective forecasting within models of psychopathology has received little attention. Given the state of the literature
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Effects of interventions for enhancing resilience in cancer patients: A systematic review and network meta-analysis Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Xiaotong Ding, Fang Zhao, Qing Wang, Mingyue Zhu, Houming Kan, Enfeng Fu, Shuaifang Wei, Zheng Li
Background Various interventions appear to enhance cancer patients' resilience. However, the best intervention options are still unknown. This systematic review and network meta-analysis aimed to examine the impact of different interventions on resilience and identify the most effective interventions. Methods Nine major English and Chinese databases were systematically retrieved for randomized controlled
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The role of mentalizing in psychological interventions in adults: Systematic review and recommendations for future research Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Patrick Luyten, Chloe Campbell, Max Moser, Peter Fonagy
Mentalizing is the human capacity to understand actions of others and one's own behavior in terms of intentional mental states, such as feelings, wishes, goals and desires. Mentalizing is a transtheoretical and transdiagnostic concept that has been applied to understanding vulnerability to psychopathology and has attracted considerable research attention over the past decades. This paper reports on
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Antiracist training programs for mental health professionals: A scoping review Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Jude Mary Cénat, Cathy Broussard, Grace Jacob, Cary Kogan, Kim Corace, Gloria Ukwu, Olivia Onesi, Sarah Elisabeth Furyk, Farid Mansoub Bekarkhanechi, Monnica Williams, Marie-Hélène Chomienne, Jean Grenier, Patrick R. Labelle
Racism has been shown to be directly deleterious to the mental health care received by minoritized peoples. In response, some mental health institutions have pledged to provide antiracist mental health care, which includes training mental health care professionals in this approach. This scoping review aimed to synthesize the existing published material on antiracist training programs among mental health
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Risk factors for prolonged grief symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 C. Buur, R. Zachariae, K.B. Komischke-Konnerup, M.M. Marello, L.H. Schierff, M. O'Connor
Background The diagnosis Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) has recently been included in ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR. To identify individuals who need help coping with grief, knowledge is needed about who is at risk of developing PGD. We, therefore, conducted a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of the available literature on risk factors for prolonged grief symptoms (PGS). Methods Based on a literature
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If we build it, will they come? A scoping review of objective engagement metrics in asynchronous psychosocial telehealth interventions for breast cancer survivors Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Emily A. Walsh, Steven A. Safren, Frank J. Penedo, Michael H. Antoni
Burgeoning technologies and the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a boom of telehealth for immunocompromised patients, such as those with cancer. Telehealth modalities overcome barriers and promote accessibility to care. Currently, efficacious psychosocial interventions exist to address negative aftereffects of a cancer diagnosis and treatment. Many of these interventions often incorporate asynchronous
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Construct validity evidence reporting practices for the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test: A systematic scoping review Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Wendy C. Higgins, David M. Kaplan, Eliane Deschrijver, Robert M. Ross
The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is one of the most influential measures of social cognitive ability, and it has been used extensively in clinical populations. However, questions have been raised about the validity of RMET scores. We conducted a systematic scoping review of the validity evidence reported in studies that administered the RMET (n = 1461; of which 804 included at least one
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Measuring moral distress and moral injury: A systematic review and content analysis of existing scales Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Stephanie A. Houle, Natalie Ein, Julia Gervasio, Rachel A. Plouffe, Brett T. Litz, R. Nicholas Carleton, Kevin T. Hansen, Jenny J.W. Liu, Andrea R. Ashbaugh, Walter Callaghan, Megan M. Thompson, Bethany Easterbrook, Lorraine Smith-MacDonald, Sara Rodrigues, Stéphanie A.H. Bélanger, Katherine Bright, Ruth A. Lanius, Clara Baker, William Younger, Suzette Bremault-Phillips, Anthony Nazarov
Background Moral distress (MD) and moral injury (MI) are related constructs describing the negative consequences of morally challenging stressors. Despite growing support for the clinical relevance of these constructs, ongoing challenges regarding measurement quality risk limiting research and clinical advances. This study summarizes the nature, quality, and utility of existing MD and MI scales, and
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A systematic review and research agenda of internalized sexual stigma in sexual minority individuals: Evidence from longitudinal and intervention studies Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Josh Nguyen, Joel Anderson, Christopher A. Pepping
Internalized sexual stigma is a well-established risk factor for poor mental health among sexual minority individuals. However, there has been no synthesis of the literature pertaining to risk and protective factors that influence the development of internalized sexual stigma over time. This systematic review presents findings from 31 studies addressing this question (n = 9192); 23 studies examined
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The efficacy of mindfulness apps on symptoms of depression and anxiety: An updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Jake Linardon, Mariel Messer, Simon B. Goldberg, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz
Mindfulness apps have become popular tools for addressing symptoms of depression and anxiety. Since the publication of earlier meta-analyses evaluating the efficacy of mindfulness apps for depression and anxiety symptoms, over 20 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been conducted. There is a need for an updated meta-analysis that quantifies the effects of mindfulness apps on these symptoms and
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Implementation outcomes in psychosocial intervention studies for children and adolescents living in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Caterina Ceccarelli, Eleonora Prina, Muhammad Alkasaby, Camilla Cadorin, Yashi Gandhi, Doriana Cristofalo, Yasser Abujamei, Orso Muneghina, Corrado Barbui, Mark J.D. Jordans, Marianna Purgato
Psychosocial interventions play a key role in addressing mental health and substance use needs for children and adolescents living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While research efforts have primarily focused on their effectiveness, implementation outcomes also require examining. We conducted a systematic review of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies (PROSPERO: CRD42022335997)
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What's control got to do with it? A systematic review of control beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Andrea Sandstrom, Sandra Krause, Catherine Ouellet-Courtois, Kenneth Kelly-Turner, Adam S. Radomsky
Current conceptualizations of control-related beliefs in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) have largely been limited to beliefs about the need to control thoughts. Although growing evidence supports the notion of considering broader control-related constructs in this disorder, there has been limited research aimed at integrating findings across studies, making it difficult to determine how different
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How does emotion regulation change during psychotherapy? A daily diary study of adults in a transdiagnostic partial hospitalization program. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 7.156) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Fallon R Goodman,Andrew D Peckham,Elizabeth T Kneeland,Alexandria M Choate,Katharine E Daniel,Courtney Beard,Thröstur Björgvinsson
OBJECTIVE Improvement in emotion regulation is a proposed transdiagnostic mechanism of change. However, treatment research is limited by disorder-specific investigations that assess a narrow number of emotion regulation strategies. Moreover, most assess pre-to-post-treatment change without examining short-term changes throughout psychotherapy that might influence treatment response. METHOD To address
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Bridging the gap: Utilizing insights from exposure therapy in the innovation of chronic musculoskeletal pain treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 7.156) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Katherine McDermott,Francis Keefe,Ana-Maria Vranceanu
For some time, the gold standard treatment for anxiety disorders has been exposure therapy, defined as the repeated approach of anxiety-inducing situations, memories, or physiological sensations. Existing treatments to target fear and avoidance of pain can be augmented by innovations from exposure research in the anxiety disorders, including greater emphasis on safety learning, the utilization of imaginal
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A randomized trial of two group-delivered transdiagnostic eating disorder treatments: Dissonance-based treatment versus interpersonal psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 7.156) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Eric Stice,Paul Rohde,Sonja Yokum,Jeff M Gau,Cara Bohon,Heather Shaw
OBJECTIVE Test whether a group-delivered dissonance-based transdiagnostic eating disorder treatment, Body Project Treatment (BPT), produces greater reductions in eating disorder symptoms and higher abstinence from eating disorder behaviors and remittance from eating disorder diagnoses than group-delivered transdiagnostic interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT). METHOD Women with a range of eating disorders
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Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy versus treatment as usual for anxiety and depression among Latin American university students: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 7.156) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Corina Benjet,Yesica Albor,Libia Alvis-Barranco,Carlos C Contreras-Ibáñez,Gina Cuartas,Lorena Cudris-Torres,Noé González,Jacqueline Cortés-Morelos,Raúl A Gutierrez-Garcia,Maria Elena Medina-Mora,Pamela Patiño,Eunice Vargas-Contreras,Pim Cuijpers,Sarah M Gildea,Alan E Kazdin,Chris J Kennedy,Alex Luedtke,Nancy A Sampson,Maria V Petukhova,Nur Hani Zainal,Ronald C Kessler
OBJECTIVE Untreated mental disorders are important among low- and middle-income country (LMIC) university students in Latin America, where barriers to treatment are high. Scalable interventions are needed. This study compared transdiagnostic self-guided and guided internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (i-CBT) with treatment as usual (TAU) for clinically significant anxiety and depression
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Can session-by-session changes in self-reported alliance scores serve as a measure of ruptures in the therapeutic alliance? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 7.156) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Anna Babl,Julian Rubel,Juan Martín Gómez Penedo,Thomas Berger,Martin Grosse Holtforth,Catherine F Eubanks
OBJECTIVE During treatment, the therapeutic alliance is characterized by rupture and repair episodes, which in turn are associated with psychotherapy outcome. It would be important to have a parsimonious tool to identify ruptures in psychotherapy sessions to provide therapists with meaningful feedback about when they occur. The present study thus aims to establish whether measuring self-reported alliance
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Minority stress and mental health in European transgender and gender diverse people: A systematic review of quantitative studies Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Fabrizio Mezza, Selene Mezzalira, Rosa Pizzo, Nelson Mauro Maldonato, Vincenzo Bochicchio, Cristiano Scandurra
The current study aimed at systematically reviewing evidence on the relationships between gender minority stress and mental health outcomes among European transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals. A systematic search was conducted in PsycINFO, PubMED, Scopus, and Google Scholar. It was based on Boolean operators to combine terms related to minority stress, TGD identities, and mental health
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Systematic review of early warning signs of relapse and behavioural antecedents of symptom worsening in people living with schizophrenia spectrum disorders Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 J.F. Gleeson, T.B. McGuckian, D.K. Fernandez, M.I. Fraser, A. Pepe, R. Taskis, M. Alvarez-Jimenez, J.F. Farhall, A. Gumley
Background Identification of the early warning signs (EWS) of relapse is key to relapse prevention in schizophrenia spectrum disorders, however, limitations to their precision have been reported. Substantial methodological innovations have recently been applied to the prediction of psychotic relapse and to individual psychotic symptoms. However, there has been no systematic review that has integrated
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Precision Medicine and the Challenges of Human Complexity. Psychother. Psychosom. (IF 22.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 David C Aron
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Prenatal stress and externalizing behaviors in childhood and adolescence: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin (IF 22.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Irene Tung,Alison E Hipwell,Philip Grosse,Lindsey Battaglia,Elena Cannova,Gabrielle English,Allysa D Quick,Bianca Llamas,Megan Taylor,Jill E Foust
Accumulating evidence suggests that psychological distress during pregnancy is linked to offspring risk for externalizing outcomes (e.g., reactive/aggressive behaviors, hyperactivity, and impulsivity). Effect sizes across studies have varied widely, however, due to differences in study design and methodology, including control for the confounding continuation of distress in the postnatal period. Clarifying
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Project harmony: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of psychotherapy and pharmacologic trials for comorbid posttraumatic stress, alcohol, and other drug use disorders. Psychological Bulletin (IF 22.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Denise A Hien,Santiago Papini,Lissette M Saavedra,Alexandria G Bauer,Lesia M Ruglass,Chantel T Ebrahimi,Skye Fitzpatrick,Teresa López-Castro,Sonya B Norman,Therese K Killeen,Sudie E Back,Antonio A Morgan-López
We conducted a systematic review and network meta-analyses (NMA) of psychotherapy and pharmacologic treatments for individuals with co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol or other drug use disorder (AOD). A comprehensive search spanning 1995-2019 yielded a pool of 39 studies for systematic review, including 24 randomized controlled trials for the NMA. Study interventions were
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Optimizing treatment expectations and decision making through informed consent for psychotherapy: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 7.156) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Leonie Gerke,Franz Pauls,Sönke Ladwig,Sarah Liebherz,Klaus Michael Reininger,Levente Kriston,Manuel Trachsel,Martin Härter,Yvonne Nestoriuc
OBJECTIVE The objective of this research was to determine the efficacy and safety of an optimized informed consent (OIC) consultation for psychotherapy. METHOD We performed a randomized controlled superiority online trial involving 2 weeks of treatment and 3 months of follow-up. One hundred twenty-two adults with mental disorders confirmed by structured interview currently neither in out- nor inpatient
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Within-patient association between emotion regulation and outcome in prolonged exposure for posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 7.156) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Alice E Coyne,Elsa Mattson,Jenna M Bagley,Alexandra B Klein,Kathy Shekhtman,Sinan Payat,Daniella S Levine,Norah C Feeny,Lori A Zoellner
OBJECTIVE Difficulties with emotion regulation (ER) are a risk factor for the development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Less is known about temporal relations between ER and PTSD symptom change during treatment, including whether ER may represent a more potent change ingredient for some patients relative to others. This study examined the association between within-patient
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The efficacy of combining cognitive training and noninvasive brain stimulation: A transdiagnostic systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin (IF 22.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Anika Poppe,Franziska D E Ritter,Leonie Bais,James E Pustejovsky,Marie-José van Tol,Branislava Ćurčić-Blake,Gerdina H M Pijnenborg,Lisette van der Meer
Over the past decade, an increasing number of studies investigated the innovative approach of supplementing cognitive training (CT) with noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) to increase the effects on outcomes. In this review, we aim to summarize the evidence for this treatment combination. We identified 72 published and unpublished studies (reporting 773 effect sizes), including 2,518 participants
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Spatial versus graphical representation of distributional semantic knowledge. Psychological Review (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Shufan Mao,Philip A Huebner,Jon A Willits
Spatial distributional semantic models represent word meanings in a vector space. While able to model many basic semantic tasks, they are limited in many ways, such as their inability to represent multiple kinds of relations in a single semantic space and to directly leverage indirect relations between two lexical representations. To address these limitations, we propose a distributional graphical
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When working memory may be just working, not memory. Psychological Review (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Andre Beukers,Maia Hamin,Kenneth A Norman,Jonathan D Cohen
The N-back task is often considered to be a canonical example of a task that relies on working memory (WM), requiring both maintenance of representations of previously presented stimuli and also processing of these representations. In particular, the set-size effect in this task (e.g., poorer performance on three-back than two-back judgments), as in others, is often interpreted as indicating that the
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Effects of a Web-Based Behavioral Activation Intervention on Depressive Symptoms, Activation, Motivation, and Volition: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychother. Psychosom. (IF 22.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Claudia Mueller-Weinitschke,Jürgen Bengel,Harald Baumeister,Lena Violetta Krämer
INTRODUCTION Behavioral activation (BA) is effective for the treatment of depression. The Health Action Process Approach (HAPA), which is derived from health psychology, can provide a motivational-volitional framework of BA. OBJECTIVE This study investigated the efficacy of a HAPA-based internet-delivered BA intervention (iBA; called InterAKTIV) in individuals with depression, also assessing HAPA-based
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Short-Term versus Long-Term Mentalization-Based Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial (MBT-RCT). Psychother. Psychosom. (IF 22.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Sophie Juul,Janus Christian Jakobsen,Emilie Hestbaek,Caroline Kamp Jørgensen,Markus Harboe Olsen,Marie Rishede,Frederik Weischer Frandsen,Sune Bo,Susanne Lunn,Stig Poulsen,Per Sørensen,Anthony Bateman,Sebastian Simonsen
INTRODUCTION Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe and prevalent psychiatric disorder. Mentalization-based therapy (MBT) is an evidence-based intervention for BPD, and several countries offer treatment programs for BPD lasting for years, which is resource demanding. No previous trial has compared short-term with long-term MBT. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to assess the efficacy and
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What is a psychopathology dimension? Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Christopher J. Hopwood, Leslie C. Morey, Kristian E. Markon
Coherence in the science and practice of mental health assessment depends upon a tight connection between psychopathology concepts that are used and the way those concepts are operationalized and defined. In contrast, the use of the same word to mean more than one thing contributes to incoherence, inefficiency, and confusion. In this paper, we review three possible meanings of the word “dimension”
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Allostatic Load and Allostatic Overload: Preventive and Clinical Implications. Psychother. Psychosom. (IF 22.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Monique C Pfaltz,Ulrich Schnyder
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Empirically-based dynamic risk and protective factors for sexual offending Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Michael C. Seto, Carissa Augustyn, Kailey M. Roche, Gabriella Hilkes
This review provides an overview and update of empirical evidence for psychologically meaningful dynamic risk factors and protective factors for sexual offending. Using the review by Mann et al. (2010) as a starting point, we reviewed relevant literature that has appeared since this publication, focusing on meta-analyses, systematic and scoping reviews of dynamic risk factors, recent evaluations of
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The violation-of-expectation paradigm: A conceptual overview. Psychological Review (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Francesco Margoni,Luca Surian,Renée Baillargeon
For over 35 years, the violation-of-expectation paradigm has been used to study the development of expectations in the first 3 years of life. A wide range of expectations has been examined, including physical, psychological, sociomoral, biological, numerical, statistical, probabilistic, and linguistic expectations. Surprisingly, despite the paradigm's widespread use and the many seminal findings it
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Probabilistic origins of compositional mental representations. Psychological Review (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Jacob Feldman
The representation of complex phenomena via combinations of simple discrete features is a hallmark of human cognition. But it is not clear exactly how (or whether) discrete features can effectively represent the complex probabilistic fabric of the environment. This article introduces information-theoretic tools for quantifying the fidelity and efficiency of a featural representation with respect to
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Optimal nudging for cognitively bounded agents: A framework for modeling, predicting, and controlling the effects of choice architectures. Psychological Review (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Frederick Callaway,Mathew Hardy,Thomas L Griffiths
People's decisions often deviate from classical notions of rationality, incurring costs to themselves and society. One way to reduce the costs of poor decisions is to redesign the decision problems people face to encourage better choices. While often subtle, these nudges can have dramatic effects on behavior and are increasingly popular in public policy, health care, and marketing. Although nudges
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Democratizing access to psychological therapies: Innovations and the role of psychologists. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 7.156) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Daisy R Singla,Jessica L Schleider,Vikram Patel
Psychological therapies are highly effective interventions for a range of mental health conditions and often preferred by many patients over medication. Unfortunately, most people who could benefit from these therapies do not receive them. This is true even in the United States, which enjoys relatively high numbers of mental health professionals. The lack of access is further compounded by structural
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Psychotherapies for the treatment of borderline personality disorder: A systematic review. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (IF 7.156) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Karen Crotty,Meera Viswanathan,Sara Kennedy,Mark J Edlund,Rania Ali,Mariam Siddiqui,Roberta Wines,Piotr Ratajczak,Gerald Gartlehner
OBJECTIVE Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the most common personality disorder, affecting 1.8% of the general population, 10% of psychiatric outpatients, and 15%-25% of psychiatric inpatients. Practice guidelines recommend psychotherapies as first-line treatments. However, psychotherapies commonly used for the treatment of BPD are numerous, and little is known about the comparative effectiveness
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of intensive treatment options for adults with eating disorders Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Kathleen de Boer, Catherine Johnson, Tracey D. Wade, Marcela Radunz, Anne Nileshni Fernando, Jennifer Babb, Simon Stafrace, Gemma Sharp
Eating disorders (EDs) are complex conditions with one of the highest mortality rates among psychiatric illnesses. While outpatient evidence-based treatments for EDs in adults exist, there is often utilisation of more intensive interventions as part of treatment. However, a comprehensive analysis of the impacts of intensive treatment (inpatient, residential and day program) on physical and psychosocial
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Cognitive behavioral therapies for depression and anxiety in people with chronic disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Amelia J. Scott, Madelyne A. Bisby, Andreea I. Heriseanu, Yalda Salameh, Eyal Karin, Rhiannon Fogliati, Joanne Dudeney, Milena Gandy, Lauren F. McLellan, Bethany Wootton, Sarah McDonald, Ashleigh Correa, Nick Titov, Blake F. Dear
Objective Anxiety and depression in chronic disease are common and burdensome co-morbidities. There has been growing interest in cognitive and behavioral therapies (CBTs) for anxiety and depression in chronic disease, however their efficacy has not been well-established. This study examined the efficacy of CBTs for depression and/or anxiety symptoms within chronic disease and explored the moderating
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Management of Depression in Medical Patients: The Role of Clinical Evaluation. Psychother. Psychosom. (IF 22.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Giovanni A Fava,Jenny Guidi
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Concerns about a systematic review of mediators of PTSD treatments: A commentary on Clin. Psychol. Rev. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Jeffrey Sonis
The systematic review by Alpert and colleagues (Clinical Psychology Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2023.102300) suggests methodological standards for mediation analysis and evaluates the evidence for mediation of PTSD treatment effects in published research. Although the article articulates important methodological guidelines related to timing of treatment, mediator, and outcome, it fails to
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A systematic review of the ambivalent sexism literature: Hostile sexism protects men's power; benevolent sexism guards traditional gender roles. Psychological Bulletin (IF 22.4) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Orly Bareket,Susan T Fiske
According to ambivalent sexism theory (Glick & Fiske, 1996), the coexistence of gendered power differences and mutual interdependence creates two apparently opposing but complementary sexist ideologies: hostile sexism (HS; viewing women as manipulative competitors who seek to gain power over men) coincides with benevolent sexism (BS; a chivalrous view of women as pure and moral, yet weak and passive