The Efficacy of a Cognitive Defusion Intervention for Undergraduate Students at Risk for Smartphone Addiction

Han, Kyoung-Ho; Cho, Yongrae

doi:10.15842/kjcp.2021.40.1.005

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“…In another study on veterans diagnosed with PTSD who received cognitive processing therapy, Gilman et al (2012) found that more hope endorsed by veterans was linked to fewer PTSD symptoms across treatment. Similarly, in a sample of trauma-exposed students, Han and Cho (2017) found that students who received an eight-session positive psychology intervention reported improved resilience and wellbeing along with less depression and posttrauma cognitions pre-to posttreatment. Lastly, among individuals with PTSD recruited from Cambodia, Steinert et al (2017) found that receiving a 5-week resource activation protocol (resource-oriented trauma therapy with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing resource installation) was associated with a higher likelihood of PTSD remission and lower levels of anxiety, depression, and impaired functioning.…”

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Positive affect processes and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: Findings from an open label and uncontrolled pilot study using the positive memory processing technique.

Contractor¹,

Slavish²,

Thornton³

et al. 2023

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

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Recently, a five-session processing of positive memories technique (PPMT) was proposed as a novel intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). One purported outcome of and mechanism underlying PPMT’s effects on PTSD is improved positive affect processes. In this uncontrolled pilot study, we examined whether PPMT was associated with decreases in PTSD severity; and whether changes in positive affect levels, reactivity, and dysregulation related to changes in PTSD severity across sessions. The sample included 16 trauma-exposed participants seeking services at a University Psychology Clinic (Mage = 27.44 years; 68.80% women). Multilevel linear growth models examined the main effects of each positive affect variable and their interactions with time on PTSD severity. PTSD severity decreased across PPMT treatment in each model (bs = −.43 to −.33; d = −.03; ps < .001–.008). There was a main effect of positive emotion dysregulation (b = 1.16, d = .11; p = .009), but not of positive affect levels (p = .821) or reactivity (p = .356) on PTSD severity. However, positive affect processes did not modify the trajectory of PTSD severity across treatment. Regarding PTSD symptom clusters, there was an interaction between positive affect levels and time on alterations in arousal and reactivity (AAR) cluster severity (b = −.01, p = .036); individuals with positive affect levels 1 SD above the mean (b = −.18, p < .01) and at the mean (b = −.10, p = .01) had greater decreases in AAR cluster severity across treatment compared with individuals with positive affect levels 1 SD below the mean (b = −.02, p = .710). Findings suggest that PPMT may relate to improved PTSD symptoms; and that positive affect levels/dysregulation may be worthwhile targets for future investigations.

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confidence: 91%