对于外表明显不同的成年人进行ACT自助干预:试点可行性和可接受性随机对照研究
Luke David Powell1, Vasilis S Vasiliou2, Andrew R Thompson3
1University of Sheffield, School of Psychology, Sheffield, UK.
Body image
|October 15, 2023
概括
一项试点研究发现,接受和承诺疗法 (ACT) 自助干预改善了明显差异的个体的功能. 虽然社交焦虑和心理灵活性没有显著变化,但参与者发现干预是有用的.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 心理健康 心理健康
背景情况:
- 有明显差异的个体往往会经历显著的社会焦虑.
- 对于这个多样化的人群,存在有限的自助干预措施.
- 接受和承诺疗法 (ACT) 提供了一个潜在的干预框架.
研究的目的:
- 试行一种基于接受和承诺疗法 (ACT) 的新型自助干预措施.
- 评估干预对有明显差异的个体社会焦虑和功能的影响.
- 检查心理灵活性 (PF) 的变化.
主要方法:
- 一项试点随机对照试验,有284名参与者对可见差异感到焦虑.
- 参与者被随机分配到为期四周的ACT自助干预或等候名单对照.
- 主要结果包括社会焦虑和功能,心理灵活性作为次要结果.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,ACT干预组表现出功能显著改善.
- 在随访期间,在社会焦虑或心理灵活性方面没有发现两组之间的显著差异.
- 在干预组中观察到高的退学率 (68%),尽管参与者发现它是有用的 (77%) 和有帮助的 (73%).
结论:
- 基于ACT的自助干预措施有望缓解与明显差异相关的痛苦,特别是改善功能.
- 需要进一步研究更强大的设计,以探索个性化的纵向变化.
- 解决高退学率对于未来的干预发展至关重要.
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