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Affective impact and electrocortical correlates of a psychotherapeutic microintervention: an ERP study of cognitive restructuring.

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Zaunmüller, L; Lutz, W; Strauman, TJ
Published in: Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research
January 2014

Psychotherapy for depression emphasizes techniques that can help individuals regulate their moods. The present study investigated the affective impact and electrocortical correlates of cognitive restructuring, delivered as a 90-minute psychotherapeutic microintervention in a dysphoric sample.Participants (N = 92) who reported either low or high levels of dysphoric symptoms were randomly assigned to the restructuring microintervention, a control intervention or a no-intervention condition. We obtained recordings of event-related potentials (ERPs) as well as mood self-ratings during an experimental session immediately after the psychotherapeutic microintervention and the control intervention in which a set of negatively valenced pictures (IAPS) was presented with different instructions.Whereas the restructuring intervention group and the control intervention group reported both increases in positive and decreases in negative affect from pre- to post-intervention, the three groups differed significantly on ERP measures.Findings provide support for current models of mechanisms of action in cognitive therapies.

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Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research

DOI

EISSN

1468-4381

ISSN

1050-3307

Publication Date

January 2014

Volume

24

Issue

5

Start / End Page

550 / 564

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Evoked Potentials
  • Electroencephalography
  • Depression
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Clinical Psychology
 

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Zaunmüller, L., Lutz, W., & Strauman, T. J. (2014). Affective impact and electrocortical correlates of a psychotherapeutic microintervention: an ERP study of cognitive restructuring. Psychotherapy Research : Journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, 24(5), 550–564. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2013.847986
Zaunmüller, Luisa, Wolfgang Lutz, and Timothy J. Strauman. “Affective impact and electrocortical correlates of a psychotherapeutic microintervention: an ERP study of cognitive restructuring.Psychotherapy Research : Journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research 24, no. 5 (January 2014): 550–64. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2013.847986.
Zaunmüller L, Lutz W, Strauman TJ. Affective impact and electrocortical correlates of a psychotherapeutic microintervention: an ERP study of cognitive restructuring. Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. 2014 Jan;24(5):550–64.
Zaunmüller, Luisa, et al. “Affective impact and electrocortical correlates of a psychotherapeutic microintervention: an ERP study of cognitive restructuring.Psychotherapy Research : Journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, vol. 24, no. 5, Jan. 2014, pp. 550–64. Epmc, doi:10.1080/10503307.2013.847986.
Zaunmüller L, Lutz W, Strauman TJ. Affective impact and electrocortical correlates of a psychotherapeutic microintervention: an ERP study of cognitive restructuring. Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. 2014 Jan;24(5):550–564.

Published In

Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research

DOI

EISSN

1468-4381

ISSN

1050-3307

Publication Date

January 2014

Volume

24

Issue

5

Start / End Page

550 / 564

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Evoked Potentials
  • Electroencephalography
  • Depression
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Clinical Psychology