Enhancing social functioning in young people at Ultra High Risk (UHR) for psychosis: A pilot study of a novel strengths and mindfulness-based online social therapy

Álvarez‐Jiménez, Mario; Gleeson, John; Bendall, Sarah; Penn, David L.; Yung, Alison R.; Ryan, Richard M.; Eleftheriadis, Dina; D’Alfonso, Simon; Rice, Simon; Miles, Christopher; Russon, Penni; Lederman, Reeva; Chambers, Richard; González‐Blanch, César; Lim, Michelle H.; Killackey, E.; McGorry, Patrick D.; Nelson, Barnaby

doi:10.1016/j.schres.2018.07.022

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“…It can be deduced that the higher the levels of mindfulness, the lower the risk of conducting high-risk behaviors. The finding is in line with the results obtained from several previous studies in this field (5,14,15). A study conducted by Alvarez-Jimenez et al (14) showed that mindfulness-based therapy was effective in reducing high-risk behaviors and improving adolescent's performance.…”

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“…The finding is in line with the results obtained from several previous studies in this field (5,14,15). A study conducted by Alvarez-Jimenez et al (14) showed that mindfulness-based therapy was effective in reducing high-risk behaviors and improving adolescent's performance. In another study, Khanna and Greeson (15) demonstrated that yoga and mindfulness as complementary therapies were effective in reducing high-risk behaviors, including addiction.…”

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The Releationship Between Mindfulness and High-Risk Behaviors Mediated by Social-Virtual Networks

Barahoei

Jenaabadi

2019

Int J High Risk Behav Addict

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Background: High-risk behaviors are potentially harmful and threaten health and well-being of adolescents. Objectives: This study aimed to establish a causal relationship between mindfulness and high-risk behaviors mediated by socialvirtual networks. Patients and Methods: This descriptive correlational study utilized structural equation modeling (path analysis). The statistical population comprised all senior high school male students in Zahedan in the academic year 2017-2018. Based on the Krejcie and Morgan's table, 370 students were selected using a cluster random sampling method. Data collection tools included Brown and Ryan Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (2003), Moghimi and Latifi Questionnaire on Effects of Being a Member of Social Networks (2015), and Zadeh Mohammadi et al. Risk-Taking Scale (2011). Data were analyzed using SPSS V. 22 and Amos with the path analysis method. Results: Model fit indices indicated that the causal model between mindfulness and high-risk behaviors mediated by social-virtual networks fitted sufficiently well. Additionally, the results of the path analysis demonstrated a negative relationship between mindfulness and high-risk behaviors and a positive relationship between the individual, social, and cultural-moral effects and high-risk behaviors. Thus, mindfulness affected high-risk behaviors via social-virtual networks. Conclusions: The results obtained from the current study showed the importance of the mentioned variables in having a tendency toward high-risk behaviors.

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The Releationship Between Mindfulness and High-Risk Behaviors Mediated by Social-Virtual Networks

Barahoei

Jenaabadi

2019

Int J High Risk Behav Addict

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“…In this context, social functioning has been increasingly recognized as a treatment outcome for psychotherapy interventions, beyond symptomatic remission (Renner, Cuijpers, & Huibers, ; Tan, Lee, & Lee, ). Improvements in social functioning have been found to not only correlate positively with engagement in interventions (Alvarez‐Jimenez et al, ) but also with an enhanced quality of life (Bonnin et al, ). In addition, functional recovery allows individuals to return to societal roles, which in turn has been suggested to have the greatest impact on challenging stigma of mental illness (Corrigan, Morris, Michaels, Rafacz, & Rusch, ; London & Evans‐Lacko, ).…”

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Social anhedonia and social functioning: Loneliness as a mediator

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Social anhedonia is associated with reduced social functioning and diminished reward from social interactions. Individuals expressing social anhedonia are likely to experience reduced social connectedness and feel lonely. Loneliness is also associated with reduced social functioning. Therefore, loneliness could account for the relationship between social anhedonia and social functioning. We aimed to determine whether loneliness mediates the relationship between social anhedonia and reduced social functioning. In total, 824 young adults (M age = 21.03, SD = 5.59; 72.3% female) completed the Revised-Social Anhedonia Scale (RSAS), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale, and the Social Functioning Scale (SFS). Scores on thee SFS were summed into six subscales: Social Withdrawal, Relationships, Social Activities, Recreational Activities, Independence (Competence), and Independence (Performance). Negative affect (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales-21 [DASS] total score) was included as a covariate. Both the RSAS and the UCLA Loneliness Scale were negatively correlated with overall and all social functioning subscales. The DASS-21 positively correlated with all variables of interest. Mediation analyses revealed that loneliness partially mediated the relationship between social anhedonia and the social functioning subscales, with the exception of Recreational Activities. However, loneliness was a full mediator for the relationship between social anhedonia and overall social functioning. The study findings suggest that targeting loneliness in interventions may be important for improving various aspects of social functioning in those individuals who express social anhedonia.

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“…While the use of online social media‐based interventions is in its infancy, pioneering efforts indicate that these interventions are safe, engaging, and have the potential to improve clinical and social outcomes in both patients and their relatives. That said, online interventions have failed up to now to be adopted by mental health services.…”

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The “online brain”: how the Internet may be changing our cognition

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The impact of the Internet across multiple aspects of modern society is clear. However, the influence that it may have on our brain structure and functioning remains a central topic of investigation. Here we draw on recent psychological, psychiatric and neuroimaging findings to examine several key hypotheses on how the Internet may be changing our cognition. Specifically, we explore how unique features of the online world may be influencing: a) attentional capacities, as the constantly evolving stream of online information encourages our divided attention across multiple media sources, at the expense of sustained concentration; b) memory processes, as this vast and ubiquitous source of online information begins to shift the way we retrieve, store, and even value knowledge; and c) social cognition, as the ability for online social settings to resemble and evoke real-world social processes creates a new interplay between the Internet and our social lives, including our self-concepts and self-esteem. Overall, the available evidence indicates that the Internet can produce both acute and sustained alterations in each of these areas of cognition, which may be reflected in changes in the brain. However, an emerging priority for future research is to determine the effects of extensive online media usage on cognitive development in youth, and examine how this may differ from cognitive outcomes and brain impact of uses of Internet in the elderly. We conclude by proposing how Internet research could be integrated into broader research settings to study how this unprecedented new facet of society can affect our cognition and the brain across the life course.

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Enhancing social functioning in young people at Ultra High Risk (UHR) for psychosis: A pilot study of a novel strengths and mindfulness-based online social therapy

Abstract: MOMENTUM is engaging and safe. MOMENTUM appeared to engage the hypothesized mechanisms and showed promise as a new avenue to improve social functioning in UHR young people.

Cited by 103 publications

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The Releationship Between Mindfulness and High-Risk Behaviors Mediated by Social-Virtual Networks

The Releationship Between Mindfulness and High-Risk Behaviors Mediated by Social-Virtual Networks

Social anhedonia and social functioning: Loneliness as a mediator

The “online brain”: how the Internet may be changing our cognition

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