Behavior TherapyPub Date : 2024-10-18DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.10.001
Katharina Bosbach, Johanna Schulte, Alexandra Martin
{"title":"Exploring the Relevance of Perceived Barriers to Treatment in Adults With Body Dysmorphic Disorder Symptoms: Comparing Psychotherapy and Online Interventions","authors":"Katharina Bosbach, Johanna Schulte, Alexandra Martin","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although individuals facing Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) endure considerable levels of distress, they often do not engage in empirically effective cognitive-behavioral therapy. Identified barriers to seeking treatment include logistical challenges, shame and stigmatization, and pessimistic expectations of mental health interventions associated with a lack of insight into having a psychological issue. This study investigates the relevance of these perceived treatment barriers for face-to-face therapy and for online interventions as a potentially accessible alternative or entry to traditional psychotherapy. Through an online survey involving 321 participants (comprising 239 with elevated BDD symptoms and 82 with self-reported probable BDD), we utilize the Barriers to Treatment Questionnaire to assess different perceived barriers. A comparative analysis is conducted to contrast the perceived relevance of barriers to psychotherapy with those reported for online interventions. As a result, perceived barriers to psychotherapy are most prominent in feelings of shame and fear of stigmatization, followed by logistical challenges and negative treatment expectations, and again followed by format-related concerns. Overall perceived barriers to online interventions are lower, though concerns related to the intervention format, such as data security concerns, become more pronounced. Notably, shame and stigmatization remain central factors in both contexts. When offering psychological help to individuals with BDD, the aspects of shame and negative attitudes toward seeking psychological help should be primarily addressed. Considering all their advantages, online interventions should continue to be utilized for BDD, to improve the treatment situation, but it should be noted that this treatment format is not without challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"56 3","pages":"Pages 618-633"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143869030","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 : 2024-10-18DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.10.002
Yexinyu Yang, Justin Parent, Karen M. Gil, Deborah J. Jones
{"title":"The Efficacy of Technology-Enhanced Behavioral Parent Training for Families With Low Income: Do Parent-Centered Profiles Moderate Treatment Outcomes?","authors":"Yexinyu Yang, Justin Parent, Karen M. Gil, Deborah J. Jones","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Behavior disorders (BDs) in children are common and have long-term impacts. Financially disadvantaged families are at a greater risk of having a child with an early-onset BD but have more difficulty engaging in and therefore benefiting from behavior parent training (BPT). Building upon the potential of technology-enhanced (TE) treatment approaches in addressing barriers to treatment engagement and effectiveness, TE to one BPT program, Helping the Noncompliant Child (HNC), were tested in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 101 families with low income. The current study aimed to examine for whom TE-HNC versus standard HNC is optimal at posttreatment by exploring how pretreatment, parent-centered profiles may moderate parenting and child outcomes at posttreatment. Latent profile analyses yielded four distinct parent-centered profiles. The profile membership differentially predicted treatment outcomes by group for positive and negative parenting, as well as child behavior intensity, but not child problem behavior. The heterogeneity of responses to standard relative to TE treatment models among underserved families may provide clues regarding the future personalization of BPT toward improved treatment efficacy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"56 2","pages":"Pages 261-275"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143479881","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 : 2024-10-18DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.005
Clara Law, Alexander W. Sokolovsky, David L. Yap, Joel Erblich, Kathleen Gunthert, Evelyn Behar
{"title":"Examining the Reciprocal Association Between Worry and Sleep: Disaggregating Between- and Within-Person Effects","authors":"Clara Law, Alexander W. Sokolovsky, David L. Yap, Joel Erblich, Kathleen Gunthert, Evelyn Behar","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Studies investigating the reciprocal association between worry and sleep have yielded mixed findings and suffered from methodological limitations. The purpose of this study was to assess the reciprocal association between worry and various indices of sleep (i.e., sleep onset latency [SOL], total sleep duration [TSD], sleep quality [SQ], and morning lingering [ML]). In a longitudinal daily assessment study, participants (<em>N</em> = 182) completed a sleep diary and a measure of worrisome thinking three times per day for 7 days. We used linear mixed effects models to examine worry predicting sleep, and Tobit regression models to examine sleep predicting worry, and controlled for previous day report of the outcome variable and person- and day-level effects. Results indicate that greater person-level worry, but not day-level worry, was significantly associated with longer SOL, worse SQ, and longer ML. Furthermore, greater person-level SOL, TSD, and ML was associated with greater worry, and greater person-level SQ was associated with less worry. Finally, we found that shorter day-level TSD and lower day-level SQ was associated with greater next-day worry. These findings support a reciprocal person-level association between worry and sleep (except for TSD), and a unidirectional day-level association between TSD and SQ as predictors of worry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"56 3","pages":"Pages 634-647"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143869031","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 : 2024-10-02DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.004
Cristiana C. Marques, Paula Castilho, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Ana T. Pereira, Kenneth Goss
{"title":"Enhancing Understanding of Eating Psychopathology: A Network Analysis Study","authors":"Cristiana C. Marques, Paula Castilho, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Ana T. Pereira, Kenneth Goss","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Compassion Focused Therapy for eating disorders (CFT-E) has been shown to be effective in treating eating psychopathology. Exploring which processes identified by the CFT-E model are most linked with eating disorder symptoms could help develop targeted treatments. However, the relationship between these variables requires further investigation. This study explores the interconnections between eating disorder symptoms and processes identified by the CFT-E using a network analysis approach. Participants were 497 individuals (77.3% female) from a community sample who completed measures to assess body dissatisfaction, shape and weight overvaluation, cognitive restraint, bingeing, emotional eating, purging, self-compassion, social comparison through appearance, self-criticism, appearance-related shame, guilt and pride, and positive and negative affect. A regularized partial correlation network was estimated. Appearance-related shame, inadequate self and body dissatisfaction emerged as the central nodes in the network. These findings support the use of interventions targeting shame and self-criticism for the treatment of eating disorder symptoms. Studies with diverse samples are needed to further examine the interconnections between eating psychopathology and the key processes identified by the CFT-E theoretical model.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"56 3","pages":"Pages 605-617"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143869029","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 : 2024-09-28DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.003
Caitlin M. Pinciotti, Gabriella T. Ponzini, Gianna M. Colombo, Carmen P. McLean, Terri L. Fletcher, Natalie E. Hundt, Lauren P. Wadsworth, Nathaniel Van Kirk, Stephanie Y. Wells, Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Wayne K. Goodman, Eric A. Storch
{"title":"Misconceptions Among Mental Health Treatment Providers About OCD and PTSD","authors":"Caitlin M. Pinciotti, Gabriella T. Ponzini, Gianna M. Colombo, Carmen P. McLean, Terri L. Fletcher, Natalie E. Hundt, Lauren P. Wadsworth, Nathaniel Van Kirk, Stephanie Y. Wells, Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Wayne K. Goodman, Eric A. Storch","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) share overlapping features for which similar cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) strategies can be employed. However, the comorbid presence of these conditions poses unique clinical considerations, and a nuanced approach to assessment, conceptualization, and treatment is needed when working with individuals with co-occurring OCD and PTSD. Treatment providers may not be aware of these nuances and may hold misconceptions about co-occurring OCD and PTSD, impacting their approach to assessment, conceptualization, and treatment. The current study sought to examine possible misconceptions among mental health treatment providers of differing specializations. Among 146 primarily CBT-oriented treatment providers (20.3% generalist, 13.0% PTSD specialist, 32.6% OCD specialist, and 34.1% OCD/PTSD specialist), exploratory factor analysis categorized misconceptions relating to Trepidation, Differential Diagnosis, Flexibility, OCD is Trauma, Trauma Misconceptions, and Compartmentalization. Overall, OCD specialists endorsed misconceptions most frequently, including those of Trepidation and underestimating the prevalence of trauma and PTSD in individuals with OCD. In contrast, PTSD specialists were more likely to endorse providing patients reassurance for their OCD-related fears, and OCD/PTSD providers were more likely to apply rigid Differential Diagnosis criteria not supported by research or diagnostic criteria to intrusive thoughts and safety behaviors. Misconceptions are explained through the lens of differing conceptualization and treatment approaches between areas of specialization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"56 3","pages":"Pages 470-486"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143869072","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 : 2024-09-27DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.002
Brígida Caiado, Raquel Guiomar, Bárbara Gomes-Pereira, Ana Carolina Góis, Bruno de Sousa, Maria Cristina Canavarro, Jill Ehrenreich-May, Helena Moreira
{"title":"Is the Unified Protocol for Children Effective for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Children’s Emotional Disorders? A Randomized Controlled Trial","authors":"Brígida Caiado, Raquel Guiomar, Bárbara Gomes-Pereira, Ana Carolina Góis, Bruno de Sousa, Maria Cristina Canavarro, Jill Ehrenreich-May, Helena Moreira","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children (UP-C) aims to reduce internalizing symptoms in children by addressing fundamental mechanisms that underlie emotional disorders through a combination of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral strategies. This study, the largest randomized controlled trial (RCT) to date of UP-C efficacy and the first one conducted outside the U.S., assesses the efficacy of UP-C compared to an active control group. A total of 153 children (6–13 years old; 58.8% girls) with at least one emotional disorder as a primary diagnosis and their parents (88.2% mothers) were randomly assigned to either the UP-C condition (<em>n</em> = 77) or an active control condition (<em>n</em> = 76; receiving a psychoeducational intervention, the <em>ABC of Emotions</em>). Participants completed self-report questionnaires at pretreatment, midtreatment, posttreatment, and at the 3-month follow-up, assessing children’s internalizing symptoms and their interference with the child and family functioning. Clinicians assessed the severity of the child’s symptoms and monitored clinical improvement throughout the study. Descriptive statistics, comparative tests and Linear Mixed Models were used. Results showed greater satisfaction, lower dropout rates, and better adherence in the UP-C condition, with a reduced need for additional interventions posttreatment compared to the control group. The UP-C demonstrated significantly greater efficacy in reducing internalizing symptoms, with a large effect size, including anxiety and depression, as well as in reducing the interference and severity of child symptoms and in improving clinical gains compared to the control group. These findings provide strong support for UP-C as a feasible, acceptable, and effective treatment for childhood emotional disorders, reinforcing its status as an evidence-based treatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"56 4","pages":"Pages 689-707"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144313027","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 : 2024-09-08DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.001
Allison Peipert, Lauren A. Rutter, Jacqueline Howard, Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces
{"title":"Self-Guided Behavioral Activation Using an Online Single-Session Intervention: Content and Lexical Analyses of Activity Scheduling","authors":"Allison Peipert, Lauren A. Rutter, Jacqueline Howard, Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Common Elements Toolbox (COMET) is a self-guided online single-session intervention (SSI) containing cognitive-behavioral elements, including behavioral activation (BA). Little is known about the process of activity scheduling in BA. Using data from an 8-week randomized controlled trial of COMET with 409 online workers with a history of psychopathology, two raters coded the types of activities individuals scheduled during the intervention. Additionally, we compared the activities to a BA dictionary developed from therapist-led psychotherapy. We explored baseline clinical and demographic variables that were predictive of the activity category scheduled and explored the scheduled activity category as a predictor of depression, anxiety, and well-being post-intervention. Results yielded 9 different activity types, most commonly sedentary hobbies (41%), physical activity (29%), and active hobbies (18%). We found a small overlap (17%) between the self-guided BA activities in our COMET sample and those in the existing BA dictionary. Demographic variables were predictive of activity category, but clinical variables were not. The type of activity scheduled was not predictive of post-intervention outcomes. In self-guided BA, individuals, particularly men, less educated participants, and racial-ethnic minorities, tend to pick sedentary activities. Findings underscore the need for adaptive and personalized interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"56 3","pages":"Pages 501-512"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143869073","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 : 2024-09-07DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.008
Jennifer Piscitello, Emily L. Robertson, Maya Renaud, Diandra Leon, Timothy Hayes, William E. Pelham Jr.
{"title":"Impact of an 8-Week, Intensive Summer Treatment Program on Improving Coercive Caregiver-Child Interactions Among Children With and Without Callous Unemotional Traits","authors":"Jennifer Piscitello, Emily L. Robertson, Maya Renaud, Diandra Leon, Timothy Hayes, William E. Pelham Jr.","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The coercive process is the primary explanatory mechanism implicated in the maintenance of disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs), and understanding the coercive cycle may be especially important for caregivers with children with elevated callous-unemotional (CU) traits. The purpose of the current pilot study is twofold. First, we assessed whether the Summer Treatment Program (STP), an established intensive behavioral intervention for children with DBDs, reduced coercive caregiver-child interactions using a novel parent-report measure of coercive interactions. We then sought to assess whether the STP improved coercive caregiver-child interactions among children with elevated CU traits (i.e., moderated the effect). Thirty-three caregivers and their children who had been diagnosed with DBDs participated in the STP, which involved the children receiving behavior modification for 9 hours per day and caregivers attending a weekly behavioral parent training group session over the course of 8 weeks. Children (M<sub>age</sub> = 8.51 years old, SD = 1.70, range 6–12) were primarily male (78.5%) and Hispanic/Latine (84.8%). A linear multilevel model revealed a statistically significant improvement in caregiver-child coercive interactions from pre- to posttreatment. However, child pretreatment CU traits moderated this effect such that families with children with elevated CU traits <em>did not</em> show improvement in caregiver-child coercive cycles following treatment. Results suggest the benefits of intensive behavioral treatment on the caregiver-child coercive cycle for many families, but the need to modify the intensity or dose of treatments for those with children with DBDs and elevated CU traits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"56 2","pages":"Pages 276-289"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143479882","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.2024.08.005
Shawna M. Campbell, Elia-Jade Edwards, Victoria Hambour, Nina Horan, Tanya Hawes, Kellie Swan, Melissa Wotton, Bethany Melloy, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck
{"title":"The Effects of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Parent Feeding Practices and Children’s Problematic Mealtime Behaviors","authors":"Shawna M. Campbell, Elia-Jade Edwards, Victoria Hambour, Nina Horan, Tanya Hawes, Kellie Swan, Melissa Wotton, Bethany Melloy, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many children are fussy or demanding about food, and managing these behaviors can be difficult and distressing for parents. Yet, no previous study had examined whether Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), an interactive parenting support program that coaches caregivers while they interact with their young children, improves problematic mealtime behaviors and food-related parenting practices. In this study, 178 parents in Australia (M<em><sub>age</sub></em> = 35.1 years, <em>SD</em> = 7.5 years; 93% female) of young children (M<em><sub>age</sub></em> = 4.5 years, <em>SD</em> = 1.3, 76% male) completed up to two baseline surveys (prior to a waitlist, pre-PCIT) and a third survey after PCIT. The surveys included measures of their parenting practices in general and related to feeding and mealtimes, beliefs about eating, and children’s mealtime behavior (e.g., food avoidance, mealtime aggression) and general externalizing symptoms. Using paired <em>t</em>-tests, no changes were found during baseline (pre-waitlist to pre-PCIT), but from pre- to post-PCIT, medium to large improvements were found in parent mealtime demandingness and responsiveness, aversion to mealtime, child eating behaviors, general parenting practices, and child externalizing behavior. However, positive mealtime environment did not improve and improvements in general parenting and behavior were larger than for eating-related parenting and child behavior. The findings suggest that PCIT can be effective for reducing most problematic mealtime behaviors and can improve multiple parental feeding practices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"56 3","pages":"Pages 566-579"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143869036","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.2024.08.006
G. Tyler Lefevor, Samuel J. Skidmore
{"title":"How Can Sexual and Gender Minority Latter-day Saints Resolve Identity Conflict and Improve Their Mental Health? Results From a 2- to 4-Year Longitudinal Study","authors":"G. Tyler Lefevor, Samuel J. Skidmore","doi":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sexual and gender minority (SGM) clients who are raised in conservative religious traditions often find themselves caught between competing narratives about how to best improve mental health and resolve conflict between their sexual/gender and religious identities. In an effort to guide these individuals and the therapists who serve them, we present longitudinal data from 359 sexual and gender minority individuals raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (i.e., SGM Latter-day Saints). These data, gathered at baseline in 2020 or 2022 and then again 2 and/or 4 years later in 2022 and/or 2024, answer the question “What can I do today that is most likely to yield positive mental health and conflict resolution in the future?” All analyses were preregistered prior to data collection of the most recent longitudinal wave. Bivariate analyses between baseline variables and depression/conflict resolution in 2024 suggest that (a) self-compassion, (b) social support, (c) authentic religious engagement, (d) reduced internalized homonegativity, (e) outness, and (f) seeing masturbation as more acceptable were all related to subsequent alleviated depression or enhanced conflict resolution. Regression analyses conducted separately for conflict resolution and depression suggest that only self-compassion, internalized homonegativity, and authentic religious engagement emerged as indicators of subsequent depression or conflict resolution. These findings suggest that the most important actions SGM individuals can take today to have better mental health and less conflict in 2 or 4 years include developing compassionate stances toward themselves, reducing stigmatizing views of themselves, and engaging authentically with their faith (if applicable).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48359,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Therapy","volume":"56 3","pages":"Pages 580-593"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143869203","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}