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Bogdan Tudor Tulbure1, Gerhard Andersson2,3, Nastasia Sălăgean4
1Department of Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Bd. V. Pârvan No. 4, 300223, Timişoara, Romania. bogdan.tulbure@e-uvt.ro.
Abstract:
The accessibility and efficacy of two Internet-supported interventions for depression: conventional cognitive behavioral therapy (C-CBT) and religious CBT (R-CBT) were investigated. Depressed participants (N = 79) were randomly assigned to either active treatment or wait-listed control group. Self-report measures of depression, anxiety, and life quality were collected before, immediately after, and 6 months after the intervention. Significant differences among the three conditions emerged at post-intervention with medium to large effect sizes (Cohen's d between 0.45 and 1.89), but no differences between the R-CBT and C-CBT were found. However, the addition of religious components to CBT contributed to the initial treatment appeal for religious participants, thus increasing the treatment accessibility.
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