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. 2013 Dec;37(6):10.1007/s10608-013-9570-z.
doi: 10.1007/s10608-013-9570-z.

Cognitive Therapy Skills Predict Cognitive Reactivity to Sad Mood Following Cognitive Therapy for Depression

Daniel R Strunk  1 , Abby D Adler  1 , Shannon N Hollars  1
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Cognitive Therapy Skills Predict Cognitive Reactivity to Sad Mood Following Cognitive Therapy for Depression

Daniel R Strunk et al. Cognit Ther Res. 2013 Dec.

Abstract

Both patients' competence in the coping skills taught in Cognitive Therapy (CT) and patients' endorsement of dysfunctional cognitions following a sad mood induction (i.e., their cognitive reactivity) have been found to predict risk of relapse following a successful course of CT for depression. We examined the relationship between these constructs, specifically whether CT skills would be related to less cognitive reactivity following a mood induction among patients who responded to a course of CT. In a sample of 28 depressed patients, post-treatment CT skills were significantly related to less cognitive reactivity in response to a sad mood induction procedure (β = -.29). This relation was not accounted for by individual differences in mood reactivity. We discuss these findings as a key step in developing a more complete understanding of the role of CT coping skills and cognitive reactivity as markers of patients' vulnerability to relapse.

Keywords: Cognitive therapy; cognitive reactivity; depression; mood induction; therapy skills.

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Correlation of Cognitive Reactivity and Cognitive Therapy Skills at Post-Treatment Note. Residualized change scores for the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (DAS) are residuals from a regression model in which pre-mood induction DAS scores served as a predictor of post-mood induction scores. These residuals were standardized to the M and SD of post mood induction DAS scores. Relation displayed is r = −.29. WOR = Ways of Responding Inventory. N = 28.
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