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Wong, Daniel F. K.; Ip, Priscilla S. Y.; Lee, Kim Man – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2017
This pilot study attempted to examine the effectiveness of a brief cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) psychoeducational group for Chinese people with chronic illness in Hong Kong. It adopted a single group design, and 52 participants joined the group. A questionnaire with three outcome measures, measuring general mental health, quality of life…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Psychoeducational Methods, Chronic Illness
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Garvik, Margit; Idsoe, Thormod; Bru, Edvin – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2014
Even though the efficacy of group-based cognitive behavioural interventions is well established both for adolescents diagnosed with major depressive disorders as well as for adolescents with depressive symptoms, in order to prevent further development, there has been a call for effectiveness studies in real world settings. This study investigated…
Descriptors: Coping, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Depression (Psychology), Adolescents
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Squires, Garry; Caddick, Katie – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2012
There has been a growing interest in the use of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in school settings by educational psychologists in England. This small-scale study set out to explore the effectiveness of a school-based, eight-session CBT intervention for 12-13-year-old children with externalizing behavioural difficulties. Twelve pupils were…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Educational Psychology, Psychologists
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Kocovski, Nancy L.; Fleming, Jan E.; Rector, Neil A. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2009
Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Group Therapy (MAGT) for Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is based largely on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT; Hayes et al., 1999), with enhanced mindfulness mostly from Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT; Segal et al., 2002). The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility and initial…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Effect Size, Group Therapy, Depression (Psychology)
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McCloskey, Michael S.; Noblett, Kurtis L.; Deffenbacher, Jerry L.; Gollan, Jackie K.; Coccaro, Emil F. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
No randomized clinical trials have evaluated the efficacy of psychotherapy for intermittent explosive disorder (IED). In the present study, the authors tested the efficacy of 12-week group and individual cognitive-behavioral therapies (adapted from J. L. Deffenbacher & M. McKay, 2000) by comparing them with a wait-list control in a randomized…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Effect Size, Psychotherapy, Depression (Psychology)
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McEvoy, Peter M.; Nathan, Paula – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
Researchers have recently suggested that the commonalities across the emotional disorders outweigh the differences, and thus similar treatment principles could be applied in unified interventions. In this study, the authors used a benchmarking strategy to investigate the transportability of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Group Therapy, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Comparative Analysis
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Shechtman, Zipora; Pastor, Ronit – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005
The authors of this study examined the outcomes and processes of 2 types of group treatment--cognitive-behavioral treatment groups (CBTG) and humanistic group therapy (HGT)--offered to 200 elementary school children in a center for students with learning disabilities in Israel. Results indicated that the addition of either type of group treatment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Group Therapy, Effect Size, Learning Disabilities
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Bledsoe, Sarah E.; Grote, Nancy K. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2006
Objectives: This meta-analysis evaluates treatment effects for nonpsychotic major depression during pregnancy and postpartum comparing interventions by type and timing. Methods: Studies for decreasing depressive severity during pregnancy and postpartum applying treatment trials and standardized measures were included. Standardized mean differences…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Cognitive Restructuring, Effect Size, Psychotherapy
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Petrocelli, John V. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2002
Outcome studies support the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral approaches for treating various emotional and behavioral problems. The effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy (GCBT) has received less empirical attention. The current investigation employed meta-analytic procedures to examine various effects from a total of 22…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Doctoral Dissertations, Effect Size, Cognitive Restructuring