加纳农村贫困人口的认知行为疗法在不考虑基线精神痛苦的情况下是有效的

IF 8.1 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

American Economic Review-Insights Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI:10.1257/aeri.20210612

Nathan Barker, G. Bryan, Dean S. Karlan, A. Ofori-Atta, C. Udry

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摘要

我们研究了基于群体的认知行为疗法（CBT）对从加纳农村贫困家庭普通人群中选出的个体的影响（N=7227）。项目结束后一到三个月的结果显示，这对心理和身体健康、认知和社会情感技能以及经济自我认知产生了强烈影响。这些影响与基线精神痛苦无关。我们认为，这是因为CBT可以通过两条途径改善贫困人群的幸福感：减少心理健康恶化的脆弱性，直接提高认知能力和社会情感技能。（JEL D12、I12、I15、I31、I32、O12、O18）

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among Ghana's Rural Poor Is Effective Regardless of Baseline Mental Distress

We study the impact of group-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT ) for individuals selected from the general population of poor households in rural Ghana (N = 7,227). Results from one to three months after the program show strong impacts on mental and perceived physical health, cognitive and socioemotional skills, and economic self-perceptions. These effects hold regardless of baseline mental distress. We argue that this is because CBT can improve well-being for a general population of poor individuals through two pathways: reducing vulnerability to deteriorating mental health and directly increasing cognitive capacity and socioemotional skills. (JEL D12, I12, I15, I31, I32, O12, O18)

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