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 -