Preliminary Assessment of the Behavioral Activation Model in Japanese Undergraduate Students

Abstract

Many studies have reported that behavioral activation is an effective intervention for depression. The behavioral activation model is based on several formulations. For example, depressive mood leads to avoidant behaviors, avoidance negatively affects social contacts, decreased socialization lessens opportunities for positive reinforcement, and a decrease in positive reinforcement results in more depressive mood. The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among avoidant behavior, social contact, frequency of positive reinforcement, and depressive mood by using structural equation modeling to assess support for aspects of this behavioral activation model. Participants were 630 Japanese undergraduate students and vocational school students. Results provided preliminary support for the model. Treating both avoidance and activating behavior might contribute to decreased impairment.

Is behavioural activation effective in the treatment of depression in young people? A systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…After relevance checking was independently conducted, 10 papers were deemed eligible for inclusion (Figure ). Reasons for exclusion of the other 32 included <90% of the sample aged 18 or below ( n = 13; Armento, ; Armento, McNulty, & Hopko, ; Gawrysiak, Nicholas, & Hopko, ; Harmon, Nelson, & Hayes, ; Levin et al ., ; Ly et al ., ; Mohammadi, Birashk, & Gharaie, ; Moradveisi, Huibers, Renner, Arasteh, & Arntz, ; Parker et al ., ; Proudfoot et al ., ; Shaw, ; Takagaki et al ., ; Velayudhan, Gayatridevi, & Bhattacharjee, ), treatments not meeting the criteria to be regarded as BA ( n = 15; Bilek & Ehrenreich‐May, ; Brent, Kolko, Birmaher, Baugher, & Bridge, ; Brent et al ., , ; Chu, Hoffman, Johns, Reyes‐Portillo, & Hansford, ; Dundon, ; Esposito, ; Ettelson, ; Kauer et al ., ; Landback et al ., ; Merry, McDowell, Wild, Bir, & Cunliffe, ; Nystedt, ; Reid et al ., ; Sobowale et al ., ; Van Voorhees et al ., ), being an ongoing study with currently unreported results ( n = 1; C. E. W. Kitchen, D. Ekers, P. A. Tiffin, & S. Lewis, Personal communication) or examining a sample which had not received a diagnosis of depression at baseline ( n = 3; Davidson et al ., ; Pass, Brisco, & Reynolds, ; Reynolds, Macpherson, Tull, Baruch, & Lejuez, ).…”

“…After relevance checking was independently conducted, 10 papers were deemed eligible for inclusion ( Figure 1). Reasons for exclusion of the other 32 included <90% of the sample aged 18 or below (n = 13; Armento, 2011;Armento, McNulty, & Hopko, 2012;Gawrysiak, Nicholas, & Hopko, 2009;Harmon, Nelson, & Hayes, 1980;Levin et al, 2010;Ly et al, 2014;Mohammadi, Birashk, & Gharaie, 2013;Moradveisi, Huibers, Renner, Arasteh, & Arntz, 2013;Parker et al, 2011;Proudfoot et al, 2013;Shaw, 1977;Takagaki et al, 2013;Velayudhan, Gayatridevi, & Bhattacharjee, 2010), treatments not meeting the criteria to be regarded as BA (n = 15;…”

Mechanisms of behavioral activation for late adolescents: Positive reinforcement mediate the relationship between activation and depressive symptoms from pre-treatment to post-treatment

“…In cross-sectional study, activation has a positive correlation with positive reinforcement. Moreover, positive reinforcement is known to have a negative correlation with depressive symptoms (Takagaki et al, 2013a). However, there have been few investigations of the treatment mechanisms in behavioral activation, including the Contents lists available at ScienceDirect journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jad differential roles of activation and positive reinforcement, on improving depressive symptoms.…”

Roles of Trait Mindfulness in Behavioral Activation Mechanism for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder

“…Takagaki et al (2013b) described avoidance as positively correlated with functional impairment in a behavioral activation model. Therefore, based on results of several earlier studies (Baer et al, 2004;Desrosiers et al, 2013;Takagaki et al, 2013b;Black et al, 2015;Mesmer-Magnus et al, 2017), we hypothesized the following: trait mindfulness is negatively related to avoidance and impairment (Figure 1). Moreover, avoidance is positively correlated with impairment.…”

“…In addition, mindfulness is correlated negatively with avoidance (Baer et al, 2004), rumination (Desrosiers et al, 2013), and daytime impairment (Black et al, 2015). Takagaki et al (2013b) described avoidance as positively correlated with functional impairment in a behavioral activation model. Therefore, based on results of several earlier studies (Baer et al, 2004;Desrosiers et al, 2013;Takagaki et al, 2013b;Black et al, 2015;Mesmer-Magnus et al, 2017), we hypothesized the following: trait mindfulness is negatively related to avoidance and impairment (Figure 1).…”