We suggest that a more plausible
mechanism of change in psychotherapy is acquisition of adaptive emotion regulation strategies.
The main focus of our study was establishing the effectiveness of this treatment package in regular clinical practice, before studying the
possible mechanisms of change.
Boothroyd L.G., Tove ́e M.J., Pollet, T.V. (2012) Visual Diet versus Associative Learning
as Mechanisms of Change in Body Size Preferences.
In keeping with this new approach, the review at hand focused on studies concerning
mechanisms of change for various «brands» of psychotherapy and distilled important implications for treating adolescent substance users.
Most, but especially the IPCC, seek
mechanisms of change within the terrestrial system, whether it's ENSO, the Jet Stream, Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), Atlantic Multivariate Oscillation (AMO) or other fluctuations.
Since higher levels of mindful parenting, acceptance, and self - compassion seem to reduce the impact of children's behavior problems on parental anxiety, depression, and stress (Jones et al. 2014; Neff and Faso 2015; Weiss et al. 2012), the increase in mindful parenting and parental self - compassion might be important
mechanisms of change by which parents» emotional and behavioral functioning were improved.
Despite evidence suggesting that skills training is an
important mechanism of change in dialectical behaviour therapy, little research exploring facilitators and barriers to this process has been conducted.
Both her clinical work and research focus on mindfulness - based interventions for relapse prevention, with a specific focus
on mechanisms of change, including negative affect, thought suppression and craving.
He has also conducted research
examining mechanisms of change in family - based treatments, including but not limited to the therapeutic alliance, emotional processing, and behavior changes on part of the parent (s).
That is, authors should describe clinical vignettes highlighting key interventions and
mechanisms of change regarding their specific approach to treatment in the context of empirical scales.
A preliminary exploration of predictors of outcome and
cognitive mechanisms of change in cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis in people not taking antipsychotic medication.
A reciprocal change in lean and fat mass is observed but further studies are needed to determine the
exact mechanism of change and the therapeutic doses needed for older men to obtain optimal results with minimum side effects.
This new book, edited by Ruth Baer, provides a variety of perspectives on
potential mechanisms of change, including decentering, psychological flexibility, values processes, emotion regulation, self - compassion, and spiritual engagement.
From this conceptual and empirical review, it is concluded that an overemphasis on clinical outcomes carries unnecessary risks (e.g., weak causal reasoning and a failure to
identify mechanisms of change), while underemphasizing the several benefits of a more inclusive approach (e.g., increasing outcome research and improving supervision).
RO DBT addresses each of these important factors, and is the first treatment in the world to prioritize social - signaling as the
primary mechanism of change based on a transdiagnostic, neuroregulatory model linking the communicative function of human emotions to the establishment of social connectedness and well - being.
Building on the research by Wagner et al. (2015), the current study assessed whether changes in family drawings reveal important
mechanisms of change associated with family dynamics in parents and children undergoing treatment for child conduct problems.
At The Family Institute, they are continuing this research, testing the
active mechanisms of change, replicating their RCT findings and implementing this program in several other states in the U.S. and in Bogota, Colombia.
Taking this together, a possible
mechanism of change of the MYmind program is that the coping abilities of children with ASD and their parents increase, and thus become more in balance with their experienced demands.
Her research interests include the development and evaluation of mindfulness - based treatments for substance use disorders,
understanding mechanisms of change, issues related to therapist training and dissemination, and the assessment of therapist competence.
Another
possible mechanism of change is that practicing mindfulness leads to a lower general stress level, as reflected in decreased stress and increased calmness on both qualitative and quantitative measures.
Accordingly, there is considerable evidence that improvements in parenting skills are
key mechanisms of change in these interventions, with outcomes accounted for by both increased positive parenting (e.g., warmth, contingent positive reinforcement) and decreased negative parenting (e.g., harsh / inconsistent discipline; Beauchaine et al. 2005; Gardner et al. 2006).
Verbatim clinical vignettes with several patient and therapist turns highlighting key interventions and
mechanisms of change regarding the specific approach to treatment should be provided.
If she's had a good experience in Republican / Mormon Utah, then perhaps they've earned her loyalty and if she is honest, open and fresh — let those her and those like her be
the mechanism of change in the GOP.
A mechanism of change could be different than a predictor of change.