Construing and body dissatisfaction in chronic depression: A study of body psychotherapy
| Autor: | David Winter, Benjamin Benson, Frank Röhricht, Sabrina Cipolletta, Sajjad Ahmed, Clelia Malighetti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male 050103 clinical psychology Waiting Lists Body psychotherapy Personal Satisfaction Self Repertory grid law.invention Treatment and control groups 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Randomized controlled trial law Surveys and Questionnaires Intervention (counseling) Body Image Settore M-PSI/01 - PSICOLOGIA GENERALE Construing Humans Medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Biological Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Depression Psychiatry and Mental Health Salience (language) business.industry 05 social sciences Middle Aged Self Concept Psychotherapy Psychiatry and Mental health Treatment Outcome Chronic Disease Female Quality of Life business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatry Research. 270:845-851 |
| ISSN: | 0165-1781 |
| Popis: | The frequent association of depression with somatic symptoms suggests that body psychotherapy may be an appropriate therapeutic intervention for people with chronic depression. Using a subset of twenty-three participants from a randomized controlled trial that had demonstrated the effectiveness of such an intervention in reducing depressive symptoms, the present study investigated whether it may also impact aspects of construing which have been associated with depression. Patients presenting with chronic depression were randomly allocated to a treatment group or a waiting list group, which received body psychotherapy after a period on a waiting list. Correlations between repertory grid, questionnaire, and visual analogue measures indicated that depression and bodily dissatisfaction were associated with features of the content and structure of construing. There were no significant changes while patients were on the waiting list, but during treatment reduction in depression and bodily dissatisfaction, together with increase in self-esteem and quality of life, were accompanied by an increase in the salience of construing of the bodily self. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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