Emotion suppression, not reappraisal, predicts psychotherapy outcome.

Autor: Scherer A; a Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen , Aachen , Germany., Boecker M; a Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen , Aachen , Germany., Pawelzik M; b EOS Hospital , Münster , Germany., Gauggel S; a Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen , Aachen , Germany., Forkmann T; a Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen , Aachen , Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research [Psychother Res] 2017 Mar; Vol. 27 (2), pp. 143-153. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Sep 11.
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2015.1080875
Abstrakt: Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify whether trait emotion regulation strategies predict successful or unsuccessful psychotherapy outcomes in cognitive behaviour therapy.
Methods: Three emotion regulation strategies (reappraisal, suppression, and externalizing behaviour) were assessed in 358 in- and outpatients. Patients were then grouped by therapy outcome. Emotion regulation strategies and confounding variables were entered as predictors in multinomial logistic regression analyses.
Results: Emotion suppression, but not reappraisal, was found to predict therapy outcomes for in- and outpatients, with patients high in suppression experiencing worse outcomes. Externalizing behaviour was only relevant in inpatient treatment.
Conclusions: High suppression might be detrimental to psychotherapy outcome and should be assessed early on. Further research should investigate the influence of suppression on the mechanisms that facilitate change in psychotherapy.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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