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The role of social safety schemas in the persistence of mental health difficulties during adolescence 社会安全图式在青少年心理健康问题持续存在中的作用。

IF 3.1 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12555

Jenna Alley, Dimitris I. Tsomokos, Summer Mengelkoch, George M. Slavich

Background

Emotional and behavioural problems (i.e., mental health difficulties and their decomposition into internalizing and externalizing symptoms) often emerge in adolescence and can persist into adulthood if not addressed. Identifying modifiable social-cognitive processes that influence the persistence of psychopathology across the lifespan is thus essential.

Method

Using data from the Millennium Cohort Study, a nationally representative birth cohort of UK youths born in 2000–2002, we examined whether social safety at age 14 mediated the association between mental health difficulties at age 11 and mental health difficulties at age 17. The sample included 10,782 participants (50% female, 20% non-White, 21% in poverty).

Results

Mental health difficulties (total symptoms) at age 11 predicted both mental health difficulties at age 17 (b = .41, p < .001) and negative social safety schemas at age 14 (b = .02, p < .001). Negative social safety schemas in mid-adolescence partially mediated the persistence of difficulties from early to late adolescence (ab = .01, p < .001). In sex-stratified analyses, we found that negative social safety mediated the persistence of internalizing problems only for females and the persistence of externalizing problems only for males.

Conclusions and Relevance

These findings highlight the important role of social safety schemas in the persistence of adolescent emotional and behavioural problems over time. Based on these results, investments in improving early adolescent mental health by bolstering social safety perceptions may be effective for reducing mental health risks.

背景：情绪和行为问题（即精神健康困难及其分解为内化和外化症状）往往在青春期出现，如果不加以解决，可能持续到成年。因此，确定影响精神病理在整个生命周期中持续存在的可改变的社会认知过程是必要的。方法：使用来自千禧年队列研究（2000-2002年出生的英国青少年的全国代表性出生队列）的数据，我们研究了14岁时的社会安全是否介导了11岁时心理健康困难和17岁时心理健康困难之间的关联。样本包括10782名参与者（50%为女性，20%为非白人，21%为贫困人口）。结果：11岁时的心理健康困难（总症状）可预测17岁时的心理健康困难(b =。结论和相关性：这些发现强调了社会安全图式在青少年情绪和行为问题长期持续中的重要作用。基于这些结果，通过加强社会安全观念来改善青少年早期心理健康的投资可能对降低心理健康风险有效。

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The role of racial discrimination in medical care: A secondary analysis of the effect of culturally tailored, internet-delivered CBT for insomnia in Black women. 种族歧视在医疗保健中的作用：针对黑人妇女失眠症的文化定制、互联网提供的CBT效果的二次分析。

IF 3.8 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12556

Katharine E Daniel, Vanessa V Volpe, Traci N Bethea, Lynn Rosenberg, Lee M Ritterband, Eric S Zhou

Objectives: Prior experiences of medical racism harm health outcomes through reduced trust in medical recommendations and ultimately reduced treatment uptake. Unfortunately, experiencing medical racism is common among Black women. Culturally tailoring interventions can increase patient trust and treatment engagement. This secondary analysis examines the role of medical racism as a moderator of intervention use and sleep outcomes among Black women randomized to a tailored or standard internet insomnia treatment.

Design: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.

Methods: In total, 218 Black women with insomnia were randomized to tailored or standard internet insomnia treatment. Univariate linear mixed-effects models tested whether prior medical racism moderated the effect of intervention condition on changes in sleep outcomes (ISI, PSQI, WASO, SOL) across baseline, post-intervention and 6-month follow-up assessments. Binary logistic regression assessed moderation effects on remitter, responder and treatment completer status at post-intervention. Quasi-Poisson regression examined moderation effects on the number of program logins and sleep diaries completed.

Results: Thirty-eight per cent of participants reported prior medical racism. Medical racism did not explain differences in rates of intervention use or sleep outcomes. Insomnia symptoms comparably improved in both conditions (ps < .001).

Conclusions: Over one third of the sample reported medical racism, suggesting it is not a rare occurrence for Black women; however, medical racism was not associated with intervention engagement and sleep health outcomes. Confronting racism within health care systems and providers remains necessary to promote physical and mental health equity.

目的：先前的医疗种族主义经历通过降低对医疗建议的信任并最终减少治疗的接受来损害健康结果。不幸的是，在黑人女性中，经历医疗种族歧视是很常见的。因地制宜的文化干预可以增加患者的信任和治疗参与。这一次要分析考察了医疗种族主义在随机分配到定制或标准网络失眠治疗的黑人妇女的干预使用和睡眠结果中的调节作用。设计：随机临床试验的二次分析。方法：共有218名黑人失眠女性被随机分配到定制或标准的网络失眠治疗中。单变量线性混合效应模型检验了在基线、干预后和6个月随访评估中，先前的医疗种族主义是否会调节干预条件对睡眠结果（ISI、PSQI、WASO、SOL）变化的影响。二元逻辑回归评估了干预后对发送者、应答者和治疗完成者状态的调节作用。准泊松回归检验了节目登录次数和完成睡眠日记的调节作用。结果：38%的参与者报告了先前的医疗种族主义。医学种族主义并不能解释干预使用率或睡眠结果的差异。在两种情况下，失眠症状都得到了相对的改善(ps结论：超过三分之一的样本报告了医疗种族主义，这表明这在黑人妇女中并不罕见；然而，医学种族主义与干预参与和睡眠健康结果无关。面对医疗保健系统和提供者内部的种族主义，对于促进身心健康公平仍然是必要的。

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Earthquake exposure, cognitive integration, and psychiatric symptoms in bereavement: A moderated mediation with fulfilling daily activities 地震暴露、认知整合和丧亲心理症状：满足日常活动的有调节中介作用。

IF 3.1 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12553

Tiffany Junchen Tao, Aysuhan Tuba Saral, Crystal Jingru Li, Huinan Liu, Wai Kai Hou

Introduction

Bereaved individuals experiencing losses tend to experience better psychological well-being if they experience higher levels of cognitive integration. This study aims to investigate the everyday life context where this process could take place, given that bereaved individuals also experience disruptions to fulfilling daily activities.

Methods

Among a nationally representative sample of 1588 bereaved Turkish people 7 months after the 2023 Turkey–Syria Earthquake (September–October 2023), we conducted moderated mediation analyses to investigate whether (1) cognitive integration mediated the links between the levels of earthquake exposure and psychiatric (grief, PTSD, anxiety, depressive) symptoms, and (2) disruptions to fulfilling daily activities moderated the mediation.

Results

The two components of integration, namely comprehensibility and footing in the world, fully mediated the positive links between earthquake exposure and all four psychiatric symptoms (βs = .02–.03; βs = .06–.08). Direct and indirect paths were stronger under higher levels of disruptions to fulfilling daily activities: the indirect exposure-comprehensibility-symptoms were only significant under high (βs = .03–.04, 95% CI [.01–.02, .05–.06]) and medium (βs = .02–.03, 95% CI [.01–.02, .03–.04]) levels, and the direct exposure-grief links were only significant under high levels of disruptions (β = .09, 95% CI [.03, .16]).

Conclusions

The current findings were in line with classic psychological theories on coping with stress, trauma, and loss and highlighted the importance of considering the behavioural context for engagement in fulfilling daily activities in the aftermath of natural disasters among bereaved individuals.

导读：失去亲人的人如果经历更高水平的认知整合，他们往往会经历更好的心理健康。本研究旨在调查这一过程可能发生的日常生活环境，因为失去亲人的人也会经历日常活动的中断。方法：在2023年土耳其-叙利亚地震（2023年9月至10月）发生7个月后的1588名土耳其人的全国代表性样本中，我们进行了有调节的中介分析，以调查(1)认知整合是否介导了地震暴露水平与精神（悲伤、创伤后应激障碍、焦虑、抑郁）症状之间的联系，以及(2)日常活动的中断是否调节了中介作用。结果：整合的两个组成部分，即可理解性和在世界上的立足点，完全介导了地震暴露与所有四种精神症状之间的正相关关系(βs = 0.02 - 0.03；βs = .06-.08)。直接和间接途径在高水平干扰日常活动时更强：间接暴露-可理解性-症状仅在高水平（βs = .03-）下显著。4.04, 95% ci[.01-]。[0.02, .05-.06])和培养基(βs = .02-。03, 95% ci[.01-]。[0.02, 0.03 - 0.04])的水平，而直接暴露-悲伤的联系只有在高水平的干扰下才显著(β =。09, 95% ci[。03年,16)。结论：目前的研究结果与经典心理学理论在应对压力、创伤和损失方面是一致的，并强调了在自然灾害发生后，对失去亲人的人进行日常活动时考虑行为背景的重要性。

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“When my mind hurts, my body hurts”: Complex PTSD and chronic physical health conditions—A qualitative study exploring the factors contributing to their relationship “当我的心灵受伤时，我的身体也会受伤”：复杂的创伤后应激障碍和慢性身体健康状况——一项探讨影响他们关系的因素的定性研究。

IF 3.1 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12551

Laura Blackett, Polly Radcliffe, Teuta Rexhepi-Johansson, Nicola Reynolds

Objectives

Complex PTSD (cPTSD) has a high comorbidity rate with chronic physical health conditions. This is the first qualitative study to investigate what factors might be contributing to this relationship.

Methods

Twelve participants with cPTSD and chronic physical health conditions were recruited from mental health services across London. Semi-structured interviews were completed. A reflexive thematic analysis was conducted.

Results

Four themes were identified: Negative Health Behaviours; Mind–Body Link; Negative Core Beliefs about Self, Others and Health; and Negative Impact of Conditions on Wellbeing. The reciprocal relationship between cPTSD and chronic physical health conditions was highlighted: one condition was found to perpetuate or trigger the other, either directly (e.g., pain triggering flashbacks) or indirectly (interfering with treatment). Various factors were found to contribute to the relationship, including cognitive difficulties, sleep difficulties, and reduced social support.

Conclusions

The importance of recognizing mind–body links and targeting factors maintaining both cPTSD and physical health conditions is highlighted.

目的：复杂创伤后应激障碍（cPTSD）与慢性躯体疾病的合并率较高。这是第一个调查哪些因素可能导致这种关系的定性研究。方法：从伦敦各地的心理健康服务机构招募了12名患有慢性创伤后应激障碍和慢性身体健康状况的参与者。完成半结构化访谈。进行了反身性主题分析。结果：确定了四个主题：消极健康行为；身心联系;消极的自我、他人与健康核心信念以及环境对幸福感的负面影响。强调了慢性创伤后应激障碍与慢性身体健康状况之间的相互关系：发现一种情况直接（例如，疼痛引发闪回）或间接（干扰治疗）使另一种情况长期存在或触发。研究发现，导致这种关系的因素有很多，包括认知困难、睡眠困难和社会支持的减少。结论：认识心身联系和靶向因素对维持cPTSD和身体健康状况的重要性。

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The role of trauma, attachment, dissociation, and alexithymia in pathways to negative symptoms in psychosis 创伤、依恋、分离和述情障碍在精神病阴性症状通路中的作用

IF 3.1 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Pub Date : 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12554

Shelley Grady, Niall Crowley, Seamus Scott, Charles Ifegwu Ndukwe, Rebecca Donohoe, Keith Gaynor

Objectives

Emerging models of trauma and psychosis highlight the role of attachment, dissociation, and emotion regulation processes in pathways to positive symptoms, yet little is known about the relevance of these processes to negative symptoms. The primary aim of this study was to examine trauma, attachment, dissociation, and alexithymia as predictors of negative symptoms in psychosis. A secondary, exploratory aim was to delineate pathways by which trauma may lead to negative symptoms (via attachment, dissociative or alexithymic processes).

Method

This was a cross-sectional study of people attending mental health services for a psychosis-related diagnosis (N = 71). Measures of trauma, negative symptoms, attachment, alexithymia, dissociation, and depression were completed.

Results

Regression analyses indicated that recurrent trauma, disorganized attachment, difficulty identifying feelings (DIF), and depression accounted for a significant portion of the variance in negative symptoms, though only DIF and depression were significant independent predictors. Subsequent serial mediation analyses indicated that recurrent trauma exerted its influence on negative symptoms through a sequence of disorganized attachment and DIF, while controlling for depression. As avoidant attachment was not associated with trauma and dissociation was not associated with total negative symptoms, hypothesized models related to these variables were not examined.

Conclusions

These exploratory findings highlight the relevance of trauma-related variables in our formulation and treatment of negative symptoms. Future research should focus on replication studies with larger clinical samples and longitudinal designs to establish causality.

目的：创伤和精神病的新兴模型强调了依恋、分离和情绪调节过程在产生阳性症状的途径中的作用，但对这些过程与阴性症状的相关性知之甚少。本研究的主要目的是检查创伤、依恋、分离和述情障碍作为精神病阴性症状的预测因子。第二个探索性目的是描述创伤可能导致负面症状的途径（通过依恋、解离或述情过程）。方法：这是一项横断面研究，研究对象是因精神病相关诊断而前往精神卫生服务的人（N = 71）。完成创伤、阴性症状、依恋、述情障碍、分离和抑郁的测量。结果：回归分析表明，复发性创伤、无组织依恋、情感识别困难（DIF）和抑郁占阴性症状方差的很大一部分，尽管只有DIF和抑郁是显著的独立预测因子。随后的一系列中介分析表明，复发性创伤通过一系列无组织依恋和DIF对阴性症状产生影响，同时控制抑郁。由于回避型依恋与创伤无关，分离与全部阴性症状无关，因此未对与这些变量相关的假设模型进行检验。结论：这些探索性发现强调了创伤相关变量在我们对阴性症状的表述和治疗中的相关性。未来的研究应侧重于更大临床样本的重复性研究和纵向设计，以确定因果关系。

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An intervention to build social identities improves mental health and wellbeing in people with elevated social anxiety: Evidence from a single-arm clinical trial 建立社会身份的干预措施可以改善社交焦虑加剧者的心理健康和福祉：来自单臂临床试验的证据。

IF 3.1 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12539

Jessica L. Donaldson, Alysia M. Robertson, Tegan Cruwys, Joanne A. Rathbone, Catherine Haslam, Junwen Chen, Amy Dawel

Objectives

Current best-practice treatments for social anxiety disorder do not directly address loneliness, despite its role in the maintenance of the condition. The current study targets this issue directly, using mixed methods to provide an initial test of the efficacy of an established loneliness intervention, Groups 4 Health (G4H), among 33 people with clinically elevated social anxiety symptoms.

Design

A single-arm design was used and outcomes were assessed at baseline, programme completion and 5-month follow-up (3 months after programme completion).

Methods

Loneliness, social anxiety symptoms, depression symptoms and well-being were assessed at each time point. Semi-structured follow-up interviews were also conducted to explore the feasibility and acceptability of G4H in this population.

Results

Results from intention-to-treat analyses provide initial evidence of the programme's efficacy: participants' loneliness (d = −1.08), social anxiety symptoms (d = −.45), and depression symptoms (d = −.60) reduced significantly from baseline to 5-month follow-up while their well-being (d = 1.00) increased. Four themes emerged from reflexive thematic analysis: (1) the importance of challenging initial anxiety about attending group therapy, (2) the value of being vulnerable with fellow group members, (3) the role of G4H in increasing participants' social confidence, and (4) processes which both helped and hindered participants' ability to engage with their group.

Conclusions

Together, results suggest that G4H is a promising and innovative treatment option for people with social anxiety, and further controlled evaluation is warranted.

目的：目前社交焦虑障碍的最佳治疗方法并没有直接解决孤独感，尽管它在维持状态中起着作用。目前的研究直接针对这一问题，采用混合方法，对33名临床社交焦虑症状升高的人进行了一项既定的孤独感干预措施——4健康组（G4H）的疗效进行了初步测试。设计：采用单臂设计，在基线、方案完成和5个月随访（方案完成后3个月）时评估结果。方法：对各时间点的孤独感、社交焦虑症状、抑郁症状和幸福感进行评估。还进行了半结构化的随访访谈，以探讨G4H在该人群中的可行性和可接受性。结果：意向治疗分析的结果为该方案的有效性提供了初步证据：从基线到5个月的随访，参与者的孤独感（d = -1.08）、社交焦虑症状（d = - 0.45）和抑郁症状（d = - 0.60）显著减少，而他们的幸福感（d = 1.00）增加。反身性主题分析产生了四个主题：(1)挑战参加团体治疗的初始焦虑的重要性，(2)与同伴群体成员一起脆弱的价值，(3)G4H在增加参与者社会信心方面的作用，以及(4)帮助和阻碍参与者与群体互动能力的过程。结论：综上所述，研究结果表明，G4H对于社交焦虑患者来说是一种有前景的创新治疗选择，需要进一步的对照评估。

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Hoarding and aggression: Using the voodoo doll task to tease apart associations with direct and displaced aggression 囤积和攻击：使用巫毒娃娃任务来区分直接攻击和替代攻击之间的联系。

IF 3.1 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Pub Date : 2025-05-14 DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12552

Wenting Chen, Phaedra Fuller, Jessica R. Grisham, Thomas F. Denson, Kiara R. Timpano

Objectives

Hoarding disorder is a debilitating and severe psychiatric condition. Research has implicated interpersonal factors as contributing to the development and maintenance of the disorder. Emerging evidence has suggested that aggression and anger-related concepts may contribute to these interpersonal difficulties, but aggression has only been measured thus far through self-report, which is limited by responding biases.

Methods

In the present study, we examined the associations between self-reported hoarding symptoms and two forms of aggression using both questionnaire measures and a novel behavioural task of aggression. Participants included 466 participants from the community recruited through an online crowdsourcing platform, who completed an anger-induction task followed by a voodoo doll task as a measure of direct and displaced aggression.

Results

Results revealed that hoarding symptoms were associated with greater aggression in both self-report and in the behavioural task. Self-report results also indicated that the relationship with displaced aggression may be modestly stronger than that of direct aggression, accounting for covariation.

Conclusions

These findings suggest that aggression may be relevant in understanding interpersonal difficulties in hoarding and may have clinical and theoretical relevance for the disorder.

目的：囤积症是一种使人衰弱的严重精神疾病。研究表明人际关系因素对这种障碍的发展和维持起着促进作用。新出现的证据表明，攻击性和与愤怒相关的概念可能会导致这些人际关系困难，但迄今为止，攻击性只能通过自我报告来衡量，而自我报告受到反应偏见的限制。方法：在本研究中，我们使用问卷测量和一种新的攻击行为任务来研究自我报告的囤积症状与两种形式的攻击之间的关系。参与者包括通过在线众包平台从社区招募的466名参与者，他们完成了一个愤怒诱导任务，然后是一个巫毒娃娃任务，作为直接攻击和转移攻击的衡量标准。结果：结果显示，囤积症状在自我报告和行为任务中都与更大的攻击性有关。自我报告的结果还表明，与转移攻击的关系可能比直接攻击的关系略强，说明了协变。结论：这些发现提示攻击性可能与理解囤积症的人际困难有关，并可能与囤积症的临床和理论相关。

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Understanding the relationships between parenting, attachment, schemas and psychosis: A serial mediation analysis 了解父母教养、依恋、图式与精神病之间的关系：一项系列中介分析。

IF 3.1 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Pub Date : 2025-05-10 DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12545

Nadia Akers, Christopher D. J. Taylor, Katherine Berry

Background

Parenting experiences during childhood have been suggested to inform the development of an individual's attachment style and core schemas. Additionally, parenting, attachment and schemas have all individually been linked to symptoms of psychosis in adulthood. However, there is limited research drawing together these concepts to understand the process by which parenting influences psychosis in adulthood. The current study, therefore, aimed to test a serial mediation model in which attachment and schemas mediate the relationship between parenting experiences and adult experiences of psychosis.

Method

A cross-sectional study collected data from 132 adult participants regarding their childhood caregivers' parenting style, their attachment style, core schemas, and adult symptoms of psychosis.

Results

A serial mediation analysis revealed that the relationship between abusive or overcontrolling parenting and psychosis in adulthood was fully mediated by anxious or disorganized attachment styles and negative schema. The relationship between indifferent parenting and psychosis was fully mediated by avoidant attachment and negative schemas.

Conclusions

The findings support the tested hypotheses suggesting that attachment and schemas act as serial mediators in the relationship between parenting style and psychosis. The results highlight the importance of considering attachment and schemas when working therapeutically with people with psychosis. Further research is needed to elaborate on this understanding, develop early parenting interventions to support parents to foster secure attachment in their children and place a focus on schema change within CBT for psychosis.

背景：童年时期的养育经历被认为会影响个体依恋风格和核心图式的发展。此外，育儿、依恋和图式都与成年后的精神病症状有关。然而，有有限的研究将这些概念结合起来，以了解育儿影响成年精神病的过程。因此，本研究旨在检验依恋和图式在养育经历与成年精神病经历之间的中介关系中的串行中介模型。方法：一项横断面研究收集了132名成年参与者关于其童年照顾者的养育方式、依恋方式、核心图式和成年精神病症状的数据。结果：通过系列中介分析发现，焦虑型或无序型依恋类型和负性图式完全中介了虐待型或过度控制型父母教养与成年期精神病的关系。回避型依恋和负性图式完全介导了冷漠教养与精神病的关系。结论：本研究结果支持了已验证的假设，即依恋和图式在父母教养方式与精神病的关系中起连续中介作用。研究结果强调了在对精神病患者进行治疗时考虑依恋和图式的重要性。需要进一步的研究来阐述这一理解，开发早期育儿干预措施，以支持父母培养孩子的安全依恋，并将重点放在精神病CBT中的图式改变上。

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Using sleep to enhance exposure treatment for anxious children: A pilot study. 利用睡眠加强对焦虑儿童的暴露治疗：一项初步研究。

IF 3.8 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Pub Date : 2025-05-02 DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12550

Ella L Oar, Ronald M Rapee, Cassie H Lavell, Allison G Harvey, Thomas H Ollendick

Objectives: Exposure therapy is a well-established treatment for anxiety disorders in children; however, many young people do not fully respond to treatment. Advances in strategies to enhance extinction learning from exposure therapy are urgently needed. Emerging adult research suggests that sleep could be used to augment exposure therapy outcomes. To the best of our knowledge, the current study is the first published pilot evaluation of the potential benefits of sleep to enhance extinction learning in anxious children.

Methods: Eighteen children aged 7-12 years (M = 9.11; 38.9% Male) with a primary diagnosis of an anxiety disorder were randomized to either a period of sleep immediately following a single session of exposure (SLEEP group), or a day of wakefulness following exposure (WAKE group).

Results: Both groups improved on clinician-rated anxiety severity and children's danger severity expectancies from pre-treatment to post-treatment and 1-week follow-up. Child- and parent-rated target symptom fear ratings also improved from pre-treatment to 1-week follow-up. However, there was no evidence that children in the SLEEP group improved significantly more than the WAKE group.

Conclusions: The current pilot study failed to demonstrate an augmentation effect of post-exposure sleep in children. Practical and methodological challenges are reported for consideration in future investigations.

目的：暴露疗法是一种行之有效的治疗儿童焦虑症的方法；然而，许多年轻人对治疗没有完全反应。迫切需要在策略方面取得进展，以增强从暴露疗法中学习的灭绝。新兴的成人研究表明，睡眠可以用来增加暴露疗法的效果。据我们所知，目前的研究是首次发表的关于睡眠对增强焦虑儿童的灭绝学习的潜在益处的初步评估。方法：7 ~ 12岁儿童18例(M = 9.11；（38.9%男性），初步诊断为焦虑症的患者被随机分为两组，一组在单次暴露后立即睡眠（sleep组），另一组在暴露后清醒一天（WAKE组）。结果：从治疗前到治疗后及随访1周，两组临床评定的焦虑严重程度和儿童危险严重程度预期均有改善。儿童和家长评定的目标症状恐惧评分也从治疗前到随访1周有所改善。然而，没有证据表明SLEEP组的孩子比WAKE组的孩子进步明显。结论：目前的初步研究未能证明暴露后睡眠对儿童的增强作用。报告了实际和方法上的挑战，供今后调查时考虑。

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Time-varying associations between daily skills practice and affect in a mindfulness and positive psychology-based intervention for early psychosis 早期精神病的正念和积极心理学干预中日常技能练习与影响之间的时变关联。

IF 3.1 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12548

Bryan J. Stiles, Aslıhan İmamoğlu, Tate F. Halverson, Julia Browne, Piper S. Meyer-Kalos, Diana Perkins, David L. Penn

Objective

Using daily life methods, the present study investigated the impact of Integrated Coping Awareness Therapy (I-CAT), which includes mindfulness and positive psychological interventions, versus treatment-as-usual (TAU) on improving daily affective well-being. Among I-CAT participants only, we also examined the time-varying effect of daily I-CAT skill practice on daily affective well-being.

Methods

Data are drawn from a randomized controlled treatment trial involving 38 young adults with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder. Participants completed daily reports of positive (happiness, relaxation) and negative (stress, sadness) affect across 9 months of treatment. I-CAT recipients completed daily practice of mindfulness and positive coping skills.

Results

I-CAT and TAU did not differentially impact daily affect across treatment. However, daily skill practice was associated with better daily affective outcomes in certain phases of I-CAT. We also found that increased daily practice of positive coping skills was associated with better daily affective outcomes, whereas mindfulness practice was associated with poorer affective outcomes during certain periods of the I-CAT intervention.

Conclusions

In general, I-CAT did not improve daily affective outcomes compared with TAU. However, components of I-CAT, specifically the daily practice of positive coping skills, were associated with improved daily emotional well-being in young adults with psychosis. Implications of these findings are discussed.

目的：采用日常生活方法，研究综合应对意识疗法（I-CAT）与常规治疗（TAU）在改善日常情感幸福感方面的影响。仅在I-CAT参与者中，我们还研究了日常I-CAT技能练习对日常情感幸福感的时变影响。方法：数据来自一项随机对照治疗试验，涉及38名患有精神分裂症谱系障碍的年轻成年人。在9个月的治疗中，参与者每天完成积极（快乐、放松）和消极（压力、悲伤）影响的报告。I-CAT接受者完成了正念和积极应对技能的日常练习。结果：I-CAT和TAU在整个治疗过程中对日常影响没有差异。然而，在I-CAT的某些阶段，日常技能练习与更好的日常情感结果相关。我们还发现，在I-CAT干预的特定时期，增加积极应对技能的日常练习与更好的日常情感结果相关，而正念练习与较差的情感结果相关。结论：总的来说，与TAU相比，I-CAT并没有改善日常情感结果。然而，I-CAT的组成部分，特别是积极应对技能的日常实践，与年轻精神病患者日常情绪健康的改善有关。讨论了这些发现的意义。

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