Cognitive behavioural therapy as an effective treatment for social anxiety, perfectionism, and rumination

Abdollahi, Abbas; Hosseinian, Simin; Panahipour, Hannaneh; Allen, Kelly‐Ann

doi:10.1007/s12144-019-00411-w

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“…Hong and Cheung (2015) indicated that IU is correlated with various cognitive vulnerabilities including susceptibility to anxiety, fear of negative appraisal, and ruminative-thinking styles. Hence, IU may account for high comorbidity across different disorders, such as anxiety, stress, and depression ( Boswell et al, 2013 ; Abdollahi et al, 2019 ). Previous studies on the relationship between IU and psychopathology demonstrated that IU is negatively related to symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder ( Oglesby et al, 2015 ), social anxiety disorder ( Whiting et al, 2014 ), panic disorder and agoraphobia ( Carleton et al, 2013 ), obsessive-compulsive disorder ( Jacoby et al, 2013 ), health anxiety ( Wright et al, 2016 ), and eating pathologies ( Kesby et al, 2017 ).…”

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RETRACTED: Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12: Psychometric Properties of This Construct Among Iranian Undergraduate Students

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BackgroundUncertainty intolerance (IU), the tendency to think or react negatively toward uncertain events may have implication on individuals’ mental health and psychological wellbeing. The Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12 (IU-12) is commonly used across the globe to measure IU, however, its’ psychometric properties are yet to be evaluated in Iran with a Persian-speaking population. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to translate and validate the IU-12 among Iranian undergraduate students.Materials and MethodsThe multi-stage cluster random sampling was employed to recruit 410 Iranian undergraduate students (260 females) from the Azad University to complete the IU-12, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-2, and the Penn State Worry Questionnaire in a cross-sectional design. In this study, face validity, content validity, construct validity, and concurrent validity were measured and Construct Reliability (CR) and Cronbach’s alpha were used to measure reliability.ResultsThe impact score of the translated IU-12 indicated acceptable face validity (value of impact score was greater than 1.5). The value of Content Validity Index (CVI) and the value of Content Validity Ratio (CVR) were above 0.7 and 0.78, respectively. The values of CVI and CVR indicated the items had acceptable content validity and were deemed essential to the measure. The measurement model analysis showed the measure with two subscales had good fit indices (CMIN/df = 2.75, p < 0.01, RMSEA = 0.07, TLI = 0.94, CFI = 0.95, GFI = 0.94). A Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) indicated the scale was composed of the two subscales found in the English-version of the scale (prospective anxiety and inhibitory anxiety), and no items were removed from the scale. The values of CR (0.86) and Cronbach’s alphas (0.89) showed the measure had appropriate internal consistency.ConclusionThe findings support the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the IU-12. This scale could be used to reliably and accurately measure uncertainty intolerance among undergraduate students in Iran.

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“…They may consider the situation as fortunate in that it did not result in death. Unlike hope and optimism [49][50][51][52][53], reappraisal-type strategies are often used in cognitive behaviour therapy [54] and could be seen as a productive and rational coping strategy.…”

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Caregiver burden and coping strategies in caregivers of older patients with stroke

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Background Coping strategies play a key role in modulating the physical and psychological burden on caregivers of stroke patients. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between the severity of burden of care and coping strategies amongst a sample of Iranian caregivers of older stroke patients. It also aimed to examine the differences of coping strategies used by male and female caregivers. Methods A total of 110 caregivers of older patients who previously had a stroke participated in this descriptive and cross-sectional study. The Zarit Burden Interview and Lazarus coping strategies questionnaires were used for data collection. Questionnaires were completed by the caregivers, who were selected using convenience sampling. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson's correlations and independent t-tests. Results The mean age of participants was 32.09 ± 8.70 years. The majority of the caregivers sampled reported mild to moderate (n = 74, 67.3%) burden. The most commonly used coping strategies reported were positive reappraisal and seeking social support. Results of the independent t-test showed that male caregivers used the positive reappraisal strategy (t(110) = 2.76; p = 0.007) and accepting responsibility (t(110) = 2.26; p = 0.026) significantly more than female caregivers. Pearson’s correlations showed a significant positive correlation between caregiver burden and emotional-focused strategies, including escaping (r = 0.245, p = 0.010) and distancing (r = 0.204, p = 0.032). Conclusions Caregivers with higher burden of care used more negative coping strategies, such as escape-avoidance and distancing. In order to encourage caregivers to utilize effective coping skills, appropriate programs should be designed and implemented to support caregivers. Use of effective coping skills to reduce the level of personal burden can improve caregiver physical health and psychological well-being.

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“…Other studies that used a cognitive behavioral coaching approach to address maladaptive perfectionism discovered statistically significant results among study participants. [ 11 , 30 ] Egan et al [ 12 ] provided compelling evidence for a cognitive behavioral model of perfectionism. Lowndes et al [ 31 ] also discovered that participants who received cognitive behavioral treatment for perfectionism experienced significant reductions in perfectionism and symptoms from pre to post-treatment.…”

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Intervention for Nigerian preservice historians’ maladaptive academic perfectionism

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Background: Individuals enrolled in a university program that will lead to a degree in history are considered preservice historians in the context of this study. Their goal is to become professional historians after graduating from the university. The purpose of this study was to determine whether cognitive behavioral coaching (CBC) had an effect on maladaptive academic perfectionism in Nigerian preservice historians. Method: The study included a randomized sample of 98 preservice historians from Nigerian public universities in the country's Southeast zone [49 preservice historians were assigned to the cognitive behavioral coaching group—CBC Group, while 49 preservice historians were assigned to the waitlist control group—Waitlist control Group]. Results: The finding indicate that preservice historians’ maladaptive academic perfectionism decreased significantly following cognitive behavioral coaching. There was also a significant interaction effect of time and group on the reduction of preservice historians’ maladaptive academic perfectionism. Conclusion: This study suggests that cognitive behavioral coaching is an effective intervention for preservice historians who struggle with maladaptive academic perfectionism. The study's implications for history lecturers were discussed. Future study could investigate how maladaptive academic perfectionism affects postgraduate history students and how CBC can help them.

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Cognitive behavioural therapy as an effective treatment for social anxiety, perfectionism, and rumination

Cited by 13 publications

References 45 publications

RETRACTED: Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12: Psychometric Properties of This Construct Among Iranian Undergraduate Students

RETRACTED: Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12: Psychometric Properties of This Construct Among Iranian Undergraduate Students

Caregiver burden and coping strategies in caregivers of older patients with stroke

Intervention for Nigerian preservice historians’ maladaptive academic perfectionism

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