TY - JOUR AU - Sheehan, Shawn T. AB - Using two modes of intervention delivery, the present study compared the effects of a cognitive defusion strategy with a thought distraction strategy on the emotional discomfort and believability of negative self-referential thoughts. One mode of intervention delivery consisted of a clinical rationale and training (i.e., Partial condition). The other mode contained a condition-specific experiential exercise with the negative self-referential thought in addition to the clinical rationale and training (i.e., Full condition). Nonclinical undergraduates were randomly assigned to one of five protocols: Partial-Defusion, Full-Defusion, Partial-Distraction, Full-Distraction, and a distraction-based experimental control task. The Full-Defusion condition reduced the emotional discomfort and believability of negative self-referential thoughts significantly more than other comparison conditions. The positive results of the Full-Defusion condition were also found among participants with elevated depressive symptoms. TI - Cognitive Defusion Versus Thought Distraction: A Clinical Rationale, Training, and Experiential Exercise in Altering Psychological Impacts of Negative Self-Referential Thoughts JF - Behavior Modification: (formerly Behavior Modification Quarterly) DO - 10.1177/0145445510379632 DA - 2010-11-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/cognitive-defusion-versus-thought-distraction-a-clinical-rationale-BXB1PuMnNf SP - 520 EP - 538 VL - 34 IS - 6 DP - DeepDyve ER -