Behavior TherapyPub Date : 2024-08-20DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.007
Caroline J. Gillenson, Matthew J. Valente, Mary B. Hagan, Anastassia Cafatti Mac-Niven, Daniel M. Bagner
{"title":"Impact of a Brief Parenting Intervention on Parent and Infant Imitation","authors":"Caroline J. Gillenson, Matthew J. Valente, Mary B. Hagan, Anastassia Cafatti Mac-Niven, Daniel M. Bagner","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142249472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavior TherapyPub Date : 2024-08-20DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.004
Sara Scheveneels, Naomi Carpentier
{"title":"Underlying Working Mechanisms of Virtual Reality Exposure: Exploring the Role of Fearful Expectancies and Habituation","authors":"Sara Scheveneels, Naomi Carpentier","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavior TherapyPub Date : 2024-08-12DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.001
Jaclyn C. Kearns, Dev Crasta, Elizabeth G. Spitzer, Kaitlyn R. Gorman, Jonathan D. Green, Matthew K. Nock, Terence M. Keane, Brian P. Marx, Peter C. Britton
{"title":"Evaluating the Effectiveness of Safety Plans for Mitigating Suicide Risk in Two Samples of Psychiatrically Hospitalized Military Veterans","authors":"Jaclyn C. Kearns, Dev Crasta, Elizabeth G. Spitzer, Kaitlyn R. Gorman, Jonathan D. Green, Matthew K. Nock, Terence M. Keane, Brian P. Marx, Peter C. Britton","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"108 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142249473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavior TherapyPub Date : 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.07.007
Jonathan S. Comer
{"title":"State of the Science in Behavior Therapy: Taking Stock and Looking Forward","authors":"Jonathan S. Comer","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.07.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.07.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The scope and burdens of mental health challenges in today’s world are staggering. Among the available psychological treatment approaches, cognitive and behavioral therapies, and their combinations, have garnered the strongest evidence base. That said, progress has not always been linear and most of the work is still ahead of us. Against this backdrop, <em>Behavior Therapy</em> has launched its State of the Science series—an exciting new journal feature offering a curated set of authoritative reviews of research in major areas of relevance to applied cognitive-behavioral science, written by distinguished scientists in each area and peer-reviewed. The vision for the <em>Behavior Therapy</em> State of the Science series is to launch with an initial set of articles that make up this special journal issue, with continued publication of additional State of the Science articles in future journal issues. The current article launches the State of the Science series, providing a brief summary of progress in cognitive and behavioral practice and related areas, as well as various missteps and harmful legacies that remind us that the state of the science for research focused on mental health and the alleviation of human suffering is always in flux and evolving. The 16 inaugural reviews in this special issue are then introduced one by one. Collectively, these State of the Science reviews take stock of what has been learned across key areas in the field, highlight critical knowledge gaps in need of research, and provide expert guidance for improving the effectiveness and reach of care, particularly for marginalized and underserved populations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"55 6","pages":"Pages 1101-1113"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavior TherapyPub Date : 2024-07-09DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.07.002
Charlotte D. LaPlante, Madeleine M. Hardt, Paul K. Maciejewski, Holly G. Prigerson
{"title":"State of the Science: Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Prolonged Grief Disorder","authors":"Charlotte D. LaPlante, Madeleine M. Hardt, Paul K. Maciejewski, Holly G. Prigerson","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is a distinct diagnostic entity that has recently garnered considerable attention as it describes an intense, enduring, distressing and disabling bereavement reaction experienced by a small minority of community-based mourners. In recent decades, research has exploded to address how best to treat PGD with different psychotherapeutic interventions. In this state-of-the-science review, the strength of the evidence will be discussed regarding common psychotherapeutic interventions used to treat grief. Specifically, we focus on the most commonly used interventions, cognitive behavioral (CB)-based therapies, bereavement and support groups, and brief contact interventions (BCIs), in an effort to summarize the relevant clinical takeaways of the current available research. A discussion of the use of these therapies in specific clinical populations is also included, with a focus on those traumatically bereaved, pediatric populations, communities of color, and underserved communities. Important foci and directions for future research are also discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"55 6","pages":"Pages 1303-1317"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141705578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavior TherapyPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2023.12.003
Michael A. Mallott , Justine S.T. Stryker , Norman B. Schmidt
{"title":"Paranoia and Social Anxiety: Predicting Aggressive Behavior","authors":"Michael A. Mallott , Justine S.T. Stryker , Norman B. Schmidt","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2023.12.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2023.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>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 compared to individuals in the prototypical SAD group. The current study used a status threat manipulation along with behavioral indices of aggression to examine the impact of paranoia and social anxiety symptom severity on aggression in a sample of undergraduates with social anxiety (<em>N</em> = 220). Analyses indicated that paranoia uniquely predicted indirect aggression whereas an interaction between social status threat, paranoia, and social anxiety severity uniquely predicted direct aggression. These findings suggest that paranoia may be a particularly important contributor to aggression among individuals with social anxiety.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"55 4","pages":"Pages 825-838"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138693057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavior TherapyPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2023.12.004
Eivind R. Strand, Frederick Anyan, Odin Hjemdal, Hans M. Nordahl, Henrik Nordahl
{"title":"Dysfunctional Attitudes Versus Metacognitive Beliefs as Within-Person Predictors of Depressive Symptoms Over Time","authors":"Eivind R. Strand, Frederick Anyan, Odin Hjemdal, Hans M. Nordahl, Henrik Nordahl","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2023.12.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2023.12.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>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, while the metacognitive model places emphasis on dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs. However, no previous study has tested the relative importance of change in dysfunctional attitudes and metacognitive beliefs as predictors of change in depressive symptoms within individuals. In a sample of 1,418 individuals measured at four time-points separated by 5-week intervals, a multilevel model approach was used to test the relative importance of change in dysfunctional attitudes and metacognitive beliefs as predictors of change in depressive symptoms. Change in dysfunctional attitudes and metacognitive beliefs predicted change in depressive symptoms over time. However, change in metacognitive beliefs and in particular negative metacognitive beliefs and judgements of cognitive confidence were significantly stronger predictors of change in depressive symptoms compared to dysfunctional attitudes. Furthermore, change in metacognitive beliefs predicted change in dysfunctional attitudes beyond change in depressive symptoms. These results suggest that metacognitive beliefs rather than dysfunctional attitudes might be more important for depressive symptoms over time within persons and that metacognitive change may also influence dysfunctional attitudes over time. Metacognitive beliefs are therefore a promising target for treatment and prevention aiming to reduce depressive symptoms, but replication of our results in clinical samples is warranted before more clear conclusions can be drawn.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"55 4","pages":"Pages 801-812"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005789423001399/pdfft?md5=c439f0315c0f5f1987c71549886c2ed7&pid=1-s2.0-S0005789423001399-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138714572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavior TherapyPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.01.009
Matthias Pillny, David J. Hallford, Kerem Böge
{"title":"The Nature of Mental Imagery and Its Relationship With Amotivational Psychopathology in People With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders","authors":"Matthias Pillny, David J. Hallford, Kerem Böge","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.01.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.01.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Many people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) 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 could thus explain anticipatory anhedonia and amotivation. However, the nature of mental imagery and its relationship with amotivational psychopathology in SSD is largely unknown. In this preregistered study, we therefore examined mental imagery characteristics and their relation to anticipatory anhedonia, amotivation, and daily life activity in SSD. The<!--> <em>N</em> = 86 participants included individuals with SSD (<em>n</em> = 43) and demographically matched healthy controls (<em>n</em> = 43). Mental imagery, anticipatory pleasure, amotivation, and activity engagement were assessed with structured interviews and self-report questionnaires. Ecological momentary assessment was used to measure state anticipatory pleasure and activity engagement in daily life (<em>n</em> = 81). Compared to the control group, the SSD group showed comparable quantity, but less vividness of mental imagery. Reduced vividness of mental imagery in SSD was significantly associated with higher anticipatory anhedonia, amotivation, and low activity engagement in cross-sectional and prospective analyses. Reduced mental imagery vividness may cause a lack of internal incentive to seek pleasurable experiences and could explain amotivation. Interventions aiming to improve mental imagery vividness and related anticipatory pleasure responses in SSD may be effective in targeting amotivation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"55 4","pages":"Pages 885-897"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005789424000200/pdfft?md5=62f359a9e3305e3e5397429d539398d5&pid=1-s2.0-S0005789424000200-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139877859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavior TherapyPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.01.007
Ayla N. Gioia, Sabrina Ali, Erin E. Reilly
{"title":"Clinical Experiences Using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders","authors":"Ayla N. Gioia, Sabrina Ali, Erin E. Reilly","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.01.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.01.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>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 techniques and barriers to treatment implementation in naturalistic settings. Clinicians (<em>N</em> = 126) who self-identified as using CBT for EDs reported demographic information, frequency/usefulness of empirically supported treatment techniques, problems/limitations of CBT, and barriers faced while implementing CBT. The most frequently used technique reported by clinicians was psychoeducation, and the least frequently used technique was use of surveys to address mind reading. Patients’ unwillingness to follow a meal plan/nutritional guide was rated as the most impactful barrier, alongside ED severity. Of the problems/limitations of CBT, too little guidance on treating co-occurring symptoms was rated as the most impactful. This study provided a mechanism for clinicians to share their experiences using CBT for EDs in real-world settings. Overall, results regarding frequency of use and usefulness of techniques indicate a high level of endorsement. Moreover, the most frequently endorsed barriers to/limitations of CBT related to lack of guidance on treating complex ED presentations. Future research should explore ways to treat cases that go beyond the prototypical ED case and explore ways to adapt CBT to meet the needs of naturalistic treatment settings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"55 4","pages":"Pages 872-884"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139830209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavior TherapyPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2023.10.003
Annalise Perricone, Alma Bitran, Woo-kyoung Ahn
{"title":"Explaining How Psychotherapy Affects the Brain Can Increase the Perceived Effectiveness of Psychotherapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial","authors":"Annalise Perricone, Alma Bitran, Woo-kyoung Ahn","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2023.10.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2023.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>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 affect the brain. The current study aims to mitigate this belief in a randomized controlled trial. Participants (individuals with symptoms of depression (<em>n</em> = 262), the general public (<em>n</em> = 374), and mental health clinicians (<em>n</em> = 607)) rated the efficacy of psychotherapy for a depression case before and after learning that the case was biologically caused. Participants also received either an intervention passage describing how psychotherapy results in brain-level changes, an active control passage emphasizing the effectiveness of psychotherapy without explaining the underlying biological mechanisms, or no intervention. Unlike the active control and no-intervention control conditions, the intervention caused participants to judge psychotherapy as significantly <em>more</em> effective than at baseline even though they learned that depression was biologically caused. An intervention counteracting dualism can mitigate the belief that psychotherapy is less effective for biologically caused depression. Future research should examine the durability of this intervention in clinical settings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"55 4","pages":"Pages 738-750"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135411898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}